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Why Your Public Gender Pay Gap Will Be Bigger in 2025 (And What to Do About It)
Guidance for Australian employers with 100+ employees If you’re responsible...
Discover WORK180’s #1 company for career development
Think job security and career progression can’t also mean exciting projects that make a difference? At CitiPower Powercor, you can have it all.
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A fascinating peek into the life of a FIFO working parent
If you were a hairdresser considering your next career move, what would come to mind first? If by chance, you thought of being a FIFO (fly in fly out) underground truck driver, then congratulations – you thought exactly as Danielle (Dani) Harvey did. Okay, maybe this...
Three menopause facts every employer needs to know
Spoiler alert: This article is not about detecting or dealing with the signs or symptoms of menopause. (However, as it impacts almost every person with a womb, we’d certainly encourage you to read up on the symptoms.) Instead, we’re here to share three important facts...
A 5-step guide to your self-development and career growth at Thales
After all, in a huge organization, it’s easy to feel like you’re just one of countless others – why should they care about you? But the truth is, the size of a company has little to do with how much it cares and supports its people. Whether a global conglomerate or an...
What does real work flexibility look like to you? (Hint: It’s probably not just about work hours)
In 2021, at the height of Melbourne’s most stringent COVID-19 lockdowns, Kat Kruger was wondering whether she would have to give birth alone. Her partner was in Queensland. She was stuck in Victoria. And even if he was with her, he wouldn’t have been allowed inside...
Is your employer this flexible when life takes unexpected twists?
If your life took an unexpected turn, how flexible would your employer be about your working arrangements? At AngloGold Ashanti (AGAA), flexible working means more than a four-day week or compressed hours. At AGAA they understand that life is unpredictable and that...
If you had this much career support, how far could you go?
For those working at Downer, shaping your own career journey, in consultation with mentors and up-line management, is not only possible, it’s actually embedded in the company culture. For Ashlee Willeboordse, this experience came as a welcome surprise when she came...
4 Employers supporting neurodivergent women at work
1. Maintain eye contact2. Don't interrupt3. Keep your body still and directed towards the person you are listening toThese are three basic tenets of active listening. And for a neurotypical person, they might seem pretty simple. But for some neurodivergent people,...
An easy mind trick for understanding intersectionality (and 5 employers who already get it right)
Imagine you are standing in the center of a bustling crossroads where multiple highways converge. One highway carries a set of vehicles, travelers, and stories that all relate to your gender. Another, a unique and different flow of traffic carries the stories and...
Would these benefits make you stay 20 years in one company?
What does it say about a company when an employee stays with them not just for several years, but two decades? That’s how long Natalie Rowe has been with Pitcher Partners Melbourne – and it speaks volumes about the firm. But the fact that she stayed there for so long...