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How Urban Utilities is breaking the industry mold and hiring more women
The water and wastewater services industry is notoriously male-dominated. So...
How one apprentice changed their future at Powerlink
Discover how D&I is powering innovation in the energy industry, and how inclusion is lived every day at Powerlink.
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Choose to Challenge
International Women’s Day this year is all about #ChooseToChallenge. We can all choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequality. We can all choose to seek out and celebrate women's achievements. Collectively, we can all help create an inclusive world....
How to create a career you care about – QFES
Joanne Greenfield is the first female Assistant Commissioner in the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES). Her varied background gives her a range of skills to bring to the job, and as a values-led organisation going through change, they needed the best on...
How to succeed in IT
IT has traditionally been seen as a male dominated area, but QSuper know that enabling women to thrive in IT brings in more diversity of thought and makes individuals, teams and the organization itself more successful. We spoke to 15 women succeeding in the QSuper...
A grad role where the sky is the limit
When we spoke to Tanya Sidana, she was beaming with gratitude for the perfect start to her engineering career. She started at UGL while still at university and is now in their graduate program. In our conversation, Tanya shares what she loves most about working at UGL...
Swapping skies for beating tracks
Randa Mohammad’s love of travel took a different route two years ago. After fourteen years as a Cabin Crew member, she swapped the high skies for a high-speed train as a Train Driver for Gatwick Express. Randa loves her new career — which she actually made while...
Never stop learning. Never stop growing.
Rhea Neill grew up at BOC. Starting at the company as a teen, she moved her way up into senior management positions. It’s special to hear when someone loves what they do for work and never wants to leave. Now twenty years on, Rhea says it’s all about the amazing...
Transparency in the workplace: Ten companies share their successful approach to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
WORK180 Endorsed Employers openly shared their approach to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to encourage other organizations to be transparent about their own achievements and mistakes. These companies proved that being transparent in communicating their benefits and...
Balancing sales and wellness – Okta
Alissa Masuda looks calm, cool and collected when we chat, taking her high-pressure sales job in her stride because she has a strong foundation of self-care and mindfulness. As co-founder of Greyback – a wellness and connection hub for women – she brings everything...
When the universe has your back
We were excited to chat with Mia de Búrca from 99designs, where she works as a Senior Software Engineer. She was promoted into this position shortly after returning from parental leave. Mia is full of energy and drive, which is why balancing both a new job in the...