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Why you don’t have to like cars to love a career at carsales!
Even as a toddler, Karen was fascinated by how aeroplanes take flight! Find out how she turned her lifelong passion for aeronautics into a dream career.
How one savvy graduate found career success in sales
Even as a toddler, Karen was fascinated by how aeroplanes take flight! Find out how she turned her lifelong passion for aeronautics into a dream career.
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Winning with a growth mindset – EY
Announcing a pregnancy to your boss can be nerve-racking. Going for a senior management position while heavily pregnant is a whole new level of unknowns. But not for Alison Coutts who works as a Director at Ernst & Young, Australia (EY Australia). She was promoted...
Belonging in a state of art and design – Sofology
Furniture has the power to change your whole mood and overall well being. Ala Tahseen knows this well and can predict when people will come rushing to get their hands on the latest interior goods and furniture at Sofology — UK’s leading furniture retailer. With an...
Reading and resources: Find the facts about diversity in the workplace
Any worthy leader will agree that creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace is the right thing to do. But when it comes to convincing them to make it a priority, you’ll need to have more than just a moral argument to hand. Fortunately, there are plenty of...
From a playground sandpit to an open pit mine – BHP
Karen Hogan’s career change is the perfect example to show anything is possible at any age. After spending almost two decades in the childcare industry, Karen swapped the playground sand pit to playing with real dirt and trucks at BHP. She started four years ago and...
Finding the way in rail – Alstom
Travel provides many valuable lessons, and Bahar Kizilirmak appreciates everything she’s learned about herself during her global travels. Now as a Senior Project Planner for Alstom Group, all those lessons lend themselves to work as well. Finding her way in rail A...
An engine room for continuous improvement – Toyota
Jack Hobbs has been driving gender equality since the start of his university education. Now the General Manager of National Sales at Toyota Motor Corporation Australia (TMCA), he shares his rewarding career journey and reflections on gender equality. We love talking...
A gentle harp in high octane spaces
We caught up with Helen Simpson, Director of Inside Sales & Renewals for EMEA at Poly. Despite being thousands of miles away, we had a great conversation with lots of laughs. Helen is an overachiever with an impressive career profile. Her words of wisdom will...
Flexible working policies: best and next practices for employers to follow
Requesting flexible working is a legal right for people in certin countries, which means employers have prescribed procedures to follow when considering these arrangements: Australia's government guide on flexible working arrangements The UK's government guide on...
Game changers: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives creating better career opportunities
Legitimate DEI in the workplace demands commitment. These organizations not only signed up to it, but are leading the change by introducing progressive diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives to make opportunities more accessible to women and people from...