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Adventures at work at Altis Consulting
Margaret Chan has been with Altis Consulting for 11 years – and we know anyone...
Making an impact at Bain
Victoria Young has been at Bain for 2.5 years. She’s just finished a period of...
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WORK180 Announce Flex Able Certification for Select Employers Focused on Flexibility
WORK180, a social enterprise helping women connect to supportive employers, are pleased to announce a new offering- the Flex Able Certification. The certification is designed to distinguish employers demonstrating best practices for flexible workplaces, adding to...
Equal Pay Day is over-what now?
September 8th was Equal Pay Day, marking the day when women’s average earnings catch up to men’s for the previous financial year. With many negative statistics surrounding this day in terms of the pay gap, less superannuation savings for women and only a small number...
The Perils and Privilege of Working Part time
Whilst more and more of the workforce is opting to deviate from the standard 40 hour work, moving to part time still presents a balancing act between managing the commitments of a demanding job in a condensed time-frame and the need to set your own boundaries with how...
What Happens to Our Ambition When Kids Come Along?
One of the greatest challenges facing many women who have taken a break from the workforce to become mothers is an existentialist one. Let me explain. Imagine an ambitious and driven thirty something year old professional loving her working career. She’s worked hard,...
Gemma Lloyd wins Entrepreneur of the Year for Increasing Gender Diversity through Diverse City Careers
Hosted by the inspiring Hayley Lewis, the 2016 Women in IT Queensland (WiT) Awards gala dinner on 2nd September, celebrated nine of Queensland’s most talented women making a difference in technology and life sciences. Announced as the winner of the Sue Wickenden...
Employer Branding: #YoureDoingitWrong
*Someone recently told me, “The war on talent is over, the talent has won.” Whilst sounding mildly cheesy, this statement holds a lot of truth. CEOs, Executives, Managers, HR and Recruitment teams all realize how critical hiring good people is, but finding it more...
Scientist Spotlight – Dr Julia Archbold
This is my first interview for my Scientific Reasoning feature. The questions will be the same for each interviewee and I hope that they will give us some insight into the lives of a few of today’s scientists. Dr Julia Archbold is a good friend of mine. We have known...
Four ways to never feel intimidated again
"It’s often got nothing to do with the person they’re intimidated by, and plenty to do with the story they’ve created about them" Not long ago a woman in her 40s approached me after a speaking at her company’s annual conference to ask my advice on how to have a...
Diversity Branding, Part 1
Clients often approach us around consulting for employer branding, except they are calling what we do at DCC Jobs*, ‘Diversity Branding’. My brutally honest answer to “What can we do to stand out in this space?” is that it’s a lot more ‘doing’ then having meetings...