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A toolkit for how to request flex work that works for you
There’s flexibility in how companies offer flex work, and taking advantage of it requires asking for what you want.
Watch and learn: How we do what we do
Data continues to prove that workplaces need more women. But first, women need...
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Equal Pay Day 2018
Today is Equal Pay Day. Equal pay day is administered by Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) as a symbolic day to reflect the national pay gap. Friday 31 August, marks the 62 additional days from the end of the previous financial year that women must work to earn...
How the beauty of maths helped discover a new career
At high school, Jennifer Bramwell loved creative subjects including art history, classical studies and fine art. So it was a surprise when she fell in love with what may seem to be the opposite – mathematics. Her almost accidental romance with pure math came after she...
Road to Alcoa an obvious path for top Curtin graduate
Katie Marshall of Mandurah is proof that woman can succeed in male-dominated fields. The 22-year-old chemical engineer has dominated Curtin University’s fourth-year engineering prizes, taking out three awards including top student and most innovative research project....
Why Aussie Dads should take more parental leave
Daniele Cavini and his daughters feature in the Aussie Dads exhibition. Daniele Cavini, Senior Commodity Manager at HSBC Australia, shares his experiences taking parental leave, and explains why he is supporting a new campaign to encourage more Australian fathers to...
An insider’s view on creating an inclusive corporate culture
Corporate Australia is increasingly embracing diversity and inclusion to become a more attractive option for employees. But what does it really take to change a workplace culture and instill values of inclusion? Veronica Lakin, pictured left, is the Organization...
Creating a blameless culture
Blameless culture has been on my mind recently. Aspects of it can be seen in the Toyota Production System, however, only more recently did “blameless” start to be used to describe it. Across the software engineering profession, it seems to have become the gold...
10 tips for dealing with work and parental leave
As a self-professed Science Mum of three kids, I am often asked how I managed work and maternity leave, particularly by parents about to embark on a similar journey. So I thought that it might make a good topic for a blog post and start of a discussion. Here, I want...
No internal emails, or meetings. Here’s my assessment of working in the cloud.
Having worked at KeyPay for a year, I never thought I’d learn as much as I have in such a short time. Having previously worked at large corporates with thousands of employees, joining KeyPay and its small team of 19 people (now 31) was quite a change. My role was...
Remembering our Queen of Soul
On August 16th 2018, Aretha Franklin, the 'Queen of Soul’ died aged 76. Aretha signature songs, 'Respect' and 'Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves', are veritable feminist anthems. Her powerful lyrics resonate with women all around the world. Aretha's was...