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Mining, mentorship, and management as a FIFO leader
Do you always need a detailed roadmap to achieve your career goals? Not necessarily, says Jennifer Dick! The Manager with Mineral Res shares her success.
Podcast episode: Why your public gender pay gap will be bigger in 2025
About the episode In this episode, we delve into upcoming changes to...
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Exciting career progression at Aurizon
Renee Johnson joined Aurizon as a graduate, and ten years later she’s still there as the Manager of Transformation and Integration. She was set up for success with the grad program and is proof you can grow your entire career in Aurizon. A surprising challenge Aurizon...
Balancing work with the great outdoors at Afterpay
Ola Kasperska is a Finance Analytics Manager at Afterpay, and alongside being an amazing professional, Ola owns and rides a horse and hikes Tasmanian mountains like a pro. She told us how Afterpay have supported her career journey and development, the importance of...
Navigating a challenging, successful career at CSIRO
We all have inner strengths. But we often don’t realise it until we’re forced to tackle a challenge or opportunity head on. And while some people can bounce back from adversity overnight, many of us need to take a more gradual approach as we learn and gain confidence...
If you like puzzles, a career in Underwriting could be for you
Alexandra H-C Borgnis wants you to know that a career in insurance is definitely not dull. She admits that her high-school self would probably say that her job sounds “boring”, but she’d like to reassure her younger self (and anyone else) that “It really isn’t, and...
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...