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Diverse City Careers (DCC)* are pleased to welcome AECOM to their community of employers with a strong focus on gender diversity. DCC* is a social enterprise helping women pursue rewarding careers, particularly in sectors with high gender inequality rates. Other...

This article was originally published on Women in Science AUSTRALIA By Dr Shokoufeh Malekjani Going up the career ladder in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine (STEMM) is indeed hard. Even harder if you are a woman and hardest when you are a...

Mother’s Day this month gave us cause to stop and recognize the wonderful female carers in our lives. Yet as thousands of pairs of fluffy slippers were unwrapped across the country, you’d be forgiven for pausing to consider what it is that Australian working mums...

I write this late at night after a long day at site, sitting on a single bed in an unfamiliar room. I am in temporary accommodation in a town near the mine I manage a project at. This town is not only a long drive from my family and friends, but after the drive I must...

​You’d love to attend the program or workshop, but you are dreading the conversation with your manager, director or Board – whoever it is who approves your professional development. If you are a woman, our experience at Integral Development shows that you’d rather...

​ Most of us are aware of the 17.3% gender pay gap but did you know that male to female disparity is also prevalent in areas we never would have thought of? This week, I uncovered a gap that was new to me, and that’s the “sales gender gap”. To start at the beginning;...

Brisbane Screening is one of the largest mobile recycling providers in Queensland. Their focus on sieving, mixing and remediating soils on client sites is creating huge savings for clients along with minimizing changes to the local ecosystem. Family owned and...

This article was originally posted on the Cbus website.  The original can be viewed here. Family violence is a significant social issue that has far reaching effects on the Australian community – employers can, and should, play a role in helping victims of this...

Originally posted on The Business Woman Media Let’s be honest here, starting your own business is a risk, a huge risk. You risk losing money, your reputation and to the extreme, friends and family because the business can (and often does) consume your life. Due to the...