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No trade? No worries. Jump-start your career in energy
According to Elizabeth, you don’t need a trade (or any industry experience) to succeed in energy. Here are her top tips to grow your career in the industry.
How Fulton Hogan is offering better mental health services for the construction industry
As cases of mental health in the construction sector increase, the company is committed to finding solutions both internally and industry-wide.
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How Schneider Electric’s family leave policy supported my non-traditional family
My name is Sue Ellen Stamper, I work in the Payroll department in Florence Kentucky and this is our family story. I started with Schneider Electric’s Customer Care Center in 1999. It was in that role that I met my husband Rob. He worked for a local distributor partner...
Changing the game: King’s Riana McKeith on creating in the games industry
There’s something about Riana McKeith that’s hard to pin down, and her story is all the more fascinating for it. We meet via video conference and as the webcam connects, I sense that this won’t be just another employee interview. King’s Art Director for New Games sits...
SuperDaughter Day fun with Dr Alice Clement
On Saturday I got to wear my “Superhero Trainer” badge. I was exploring STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) with girls aged 5-12 for Super Daughter Day in Melbourne. On the day we explored palaeontology and fossils in general, but also took a closer look...
Life Underground
Anglo American’s Katie Buttery shares a story of an electrical engineering career at the coalface Sometimes a picture really does speak a thousand words. Search for ‘Katie Buttery’ on LinkedIn. Amid the countless photos of suits, power poses and perfect smiles, you’ll...
Top 10 interview questions from experienced hiring managers
With a variety of job interview styles, we want to help our community prepare and put their best foot forward in interviews. We asked experienced HR Professionals for their favorite interview question and what it tells them about the candidate. Rob Brown | Talent...
Leadership by design
Where do you thrive? In big companies? Small ones? In a specific industry or sector? How do you know? Radhika Nichlani knows from experience. Having enjoyed fulfilling and impactful roles with some very different businesses, including Accenture, Specsavers and IMC,...
Eight ways to boost gender equality
The gender pay gap is narrowing and the number of women on boards is increasing but there’s still more to be done to achieve gender equality. Here’s an expert’s view on how to level the field. While there’s plenty of promising news around gender equality, there’s more...
Make your CV stand out: use action verbs
If you’ve taken a long career break it could be many years, and possibly even decades, since you last wrote a CV. Don't just redo an old version, as CVs are now written in a very different way. One of the major changes is the shift from talking about your past...
Women @ King: Skilled and Professional
From the women at King! Maryna - Senior Game Designer at King I am from Ukraine. Somehow people there still believe that games are for boys! So I didn’t get any consoles for my birthdays as you can imagine. I got my first PC when I was 17. And from then on my gaming...