Career stories, inspiration & guidance

Women make great leaders. We are good listeners, naturally perceptive, highly compassionate and outstanding bridge builders.  Needless to say, women who reach the highest levels of power have proven themselves time and time again at being incredibly effective at...

WORK180 is pleased to announce the members of its Advisory Board, all committed to the company’s mission to create better workplaces for women. Launched on 15th May, 2015 by Gemma Lloyd and Valeria Ignatieva, WORK180 is Australia’s only jobs site that...

We are women, hear us roar. Some days. Other days, well, you might hear us apologizing for our opinion before we’ve even voiced it, second guessing our decisions, doubting our capability, feeling undervalued but unwilling ask for what we want, or tip toeing around...

Thank you to everyone who’d sent in ideas for our next article- this week’s topic was suggested by Michelle Larsen from Melbourne. More ideas welcome- please send to dcc@diversecitycareers.com* As we recently welcomed out first retail client (and our favorite clothing...

Fear is an emotion that often gets a bad rap.  The truth is that without it, sabre tooth tigers would have eaten our cave dwelling ancestors long ago.  While we no longer face daily threats to our physical survival, the culture we live in thrives on fear mongering and...

“Today I feel much like I did when I came to Harvard Yard as a freshman in 1999,” said Natalie Portman at Harvard University recently. “I felt like there had been some mistake, that I wasn’t smart enough to be in this company, and that every time I opened my mouth I...

Written by Lauren Jackson. Before you read on, I’d like to clarify a few things: I didn’t write this to earn extra kudos as work (although that can never hurt ;-)) The intent of this article isn’t to shamelessly promote DCC Jobs*. However, I do need to speak about DCC...

Last Thursday, I was lucky to have a day in Sydney full of events around my passion- workplace gender equality. I wanted to share with you some of the key takeaways and diversity of discussion (excuse the pun) at the different events. My day started by co-hosting the...

​Is fear of rocking the boat holding you back? or Are you too nice for your own good? When I look back on the not-so-pleasant experiences in my career and life, on every single occasion I can identify where I held back from confronting an issue when I shouldn’t have...