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How Nufarm has found fertile ground with flexible working
The company’s dedication to employee work-life balance is allowing Amelia Elliston’s lifestyle and career aspirations to blossom.
Alice in Abcam: A workplace where flexibility is no dream
Her life and professional career have wound many loops, yet Abcam has supported Alice to explore new possibilities, start a family, and always feel welcome.
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7 reasons you’ll thrive as a woman in tech at Microsoft
With more than twenty years as part of the Microsoft partner ecosystem, Jody Wharton shares her positive experiences there as a working mum of three. In her busy role as Senior Azure Infrastructure Specialist, which she has held for the past 18 months, Jody helps...
5 traits every Project Manager needs to be top of their game
Susan Mackenzie didn’t set out on her career path with the aim of becoming a Project Manager. Getting to the position she holds now has been an organic process, expanding on her expertise and personal interests to find the perfect job-match for her skills and...
A guide to address intersectionality at work for LGBTQI+ women*
Women* members of the LGBTQI+** community share what they want and need from employers in order to feel supported and respected in the workplace. Share this guide to ignite the conversation about intersectionality at your organization. Cupcakes are cute, stickers are...
Intersectionality and coming out at work safely, by LGBTQI+ voices
22 fearless women* share their experience of being a member of the LGBTQI+** community in the workplace. Read how their employers supported them to feel genuinely heard, secure, and respected. For many women, their gender, race, age, religion, national origin, gender...
Family and FIFO at OZ Minerals
Kimberley Duff is an Underground Mine Geologist for OZ Minerals. She has three children and works a FIFO role – making her an inspiration to many of her colleagues. At WORK180, our Endorsed Employers know that support is key for parents successfully managing work and...
A meteoric rise at Telegraph Media Group
In her three years at Telegraph Media Group. Lise-Ann Brennan has progressed quickly to her senior position as Head of Delivery – Subscriptions. She is a role model for women aspiring to be leaders in the tech space and has taken full advantage of all the development...
7 reasons why I love working at Toyota
"Working here is pretty close to my heart,” says Esther Power, Operations Leader at Toyota. It’s one of those classic love stories. A chance meeting, a challenge of personal and professional growth and now five years later, a woman and a workplace living happily ever...
Giving back with Cisco
Career opportunities making lifelong employees When we asked Veronica Marriott how long she has been at Cisco, she said – with a big smile – that she’s just had her 14-year anniversary. Her husband recently joked with her that it might be time to leave, and she...
Embracing authenticity at Deloitte
Paulina Kabaczuk is a Manager, Platform and Cloud Engineering, Consulting at Deloitte Australia. With a technical-sounding title like that, you might not expect Paulina to have a background in marketing, but she successfully transitioned industries and has built a...