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Is your employer this flexible when life takes unexpected twists?
When employers don’t support flexible working they risk wasting their best talent. AngloGold Ashanti advocates tailored plans for all its employees.
An easy mind trick for understanding intersectionality (and 5 employers who already get it right)
Are you an ambitious woman looking to take the next step? Four recently promoted women share their proven steps to help you secure your next promotion.
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Parental leave: a man’s world too
Greg Hogg has been an engineer for 17 years and a father of one, and his work doesn’t stop there. “My responsibility at work is to be a structural engineer. To me, that means helping architects design, and builders build, good quality buildings and infrastructure. In...
WORK180 teams up with Parents at Work and APLEN to advance parental leave equality
Here’s your chance to have a say on how working parents and carers are supported in the workplace and our communities. A national survey has been launched to collect stories from working parents across the nation on how they balance work and caring responsibilities....
Strength and support: An insurance career at WorkCover
The art of change: a journey to Australia British-born Becky Stables didn’t expect to become a business analyst. She studied art, music and maths at school and then commenced a textiles and design degree. At the end of the first term, however, she dropped out. “I...
Women in mining: at home, here
Progression at BHP We first interviewed BHP’s Melissa Johnson in July 2017. BHP had just become a WORK180 Endorsed Employer and Melissa had recently moved to BHP Mitsubishi Alliance’s Hay Point Coal Terminal, as Maintenance Manager. A year or two prior to this, she...
How to break into the tech industry and create a rewarding career
So, you want to get into tech? Well, now’s the right time. With new innovations impacting just about every aspect of our lives, tech-based companies are experiencing massive growth, and that’s creating some really amazing opportunities. But there’s another reason to...
Malala Day: Lessons from a hero
On October 9th 2012, 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Taliban. She was targeted because she campaigned for the rights of Pakistani girls to go to school, in defiance of their attempts to outlaw education for girls. Malala survived and is now...
How to manage your maternity or adoption leave and feel confident about returning to work
I’ve recently surveyed over 200 women about their experiences of returning to work. Asking how they felt ahead of the first day back, they said they were anxious, nervous, excited. Is this you? If so, then read on. Here are 6 tips to feel more confident about your...
Let’s work together for a shared future this NAIDOC week
“The history of our First Peoples is the history of all of us, of all of Australia, and we need to own it - hearing this history is necessary before we can come to some true reconciliation, some genuine healing for both sides.” - NAIDOC National Co-Chairs Pat Thompson...
Three top tips for anyone considering an electrical apprenticeship
My name is Kiarra Ruttley, and I joined the TransGrid team in January 2018 at the age of 17. I am now in the second year of a four year electrical apprenticeship, which is a combination of TAFE studies, which I do in a three day block every three weeks, and on the job...