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Is it harder to succeed at work as a woman over 50? Not at these companies
The stories and employers we share in this article are a testament to the transformative impact of inclusion in the workplaces for women of all ages.
3 ways FIFO can be flexible (and where to find roles like this)
Employees are benefitting from AngloGold Ashanti’s human-scale approach to working arrangements to FIFO roles.
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Flexible Work and Finding Your Purpose
Robert Lloyd wanted a sea change after 26 years as a paramedic, joined WORK180 as part of its founding team as the Operations Manager and has never looked back. Since then, Robert’s role has grown to a variety of responsibilities and he particularly loves having a...
Parental leave… it’s not just for mums!
At RACQ we are lucky to have had paid Parental leave for over a decade. Until recently, we’ve had a relatively low take up from dad’s utilising the option, but that is something that we hope to see change into the future. Our Parental Leave Policy applies to all...
Working Remotely (and how)
I work remotely and have been full time for over 6 months now and I wanted to take some time to talk about my experience with it. I quite often joke about this, for example the above image is from a post from my Instagram after my 2nd week working at WORK180, which...
Learning to Lead and Banking Career Highlights
Vanessa Wewer started her career with an exciting secondment to Thailand to work on the international airport and has spent the last 20 years achieving new career highlights, learning to lead and building a family. How to Have A Career of Highlights As we were...
Announcing a New Purpose: To Empower Every Woman to Choose a Workplace Where They Can Thrive
Where it all began When I co-founded WORK180 in February 2015, I saw a broken job process, especially for women*. After the years I spent working in the IT sector, I had first-hand experience of both the employers who were committed to supporting everyone (where I...
Working Cold Cases in the Queensland Police Service
Everything I know about cold case investigation, I know from TV, but it turns out TV doesn’t show you what it’s like at all! Tara Kentwell is a Detective Senior Sergeant in the Cold Case Investigation Team, Homicide Investigation Unit for the Queensland Police Service...
How to Support Women at all Stages of their Employee Experience
We all know by now the compelling reasons why equal representation of gender in leadership is so important, and how slow that progress to change can be. Women are still woefully underrepresented in leadership, with only 13.7% holding chair positions, and only 17.1% in...
Gender diversity in operations: How 9 organisations are taking action
In operational industries such as engineering and mining, it’s widely acknowledged that the gender imbalance is more extreme. Yet, there’s a number of progressive organisations pushing to create a more gender equal sector. Nine of WORK180’s endorsed employers share...
Flipping Traditional Roles and Mummy Guilt
We spoke to Sussanah Osbourne, General Manager Production at BHP previously about chasing adventures and authentic networking to career success. In this article, we discuss non-traditional roles at home and finding balance. Non-Traditional Roles Sussanah has a big...