Career stories, inspiration & guidance
Whether you’re looking for inspiration for your own career, after first person perspectives from our Endorsed Employer employees, or seeking DEI knowledge and guidance, we’ve got it all right here on our blog. You can use our search bar if you’re after something specific or simply explore our featured articles below.
Featured articles
The 5 leadership lessons learned in a 30-year career
What does it mean to be an authentic leader? Top executive Jennifer Kirkpatrick shares her key lessons and insights. Read her story to learn more.
Career success with an established multinational
What’s it like working for a multinational company? Can moving countries help you grow your career? Engineering Director, Delphine, shares her take.
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The excitement of exploring the unknown
For Caroline Mercer, a love of the outdoors, a dream of working overseas and an interest in earth’s rocks and minerals has culminated in an exciting career as a geologist, where every day brings the possibility of uncovering “a big new find”. Now a Project Exploration...
Lessons learned when onboarding remote team members
As part of our ‘Remote Work’ series of blogs, I thought it would be valuable to share what the onboarding and induction process looks like in an entirely remote environment like WORK180. You can read about Hiring Remotely and Working Remotely in our previous blogs....
Return to Work Programs
Return to Work Programs are designed to support professionals returning to work after extended leave, often parental leave. In Australia, we know it’s still largely women who take extended leave from work for caring reasons, with 95% of primary parental leave taken by...
Shifting Home Dynamics During COVID-19
In Australia the bulk of the domestic load is still borne by women, who do more of the unpaid domestic and care work than their male partners. Now that many households are staying home, working from the dining table, children are being home-schooled, the cleaning is...
Talking menopause in the workplace
As Chair of Southeastern’s Women in Rail Empowerment (WIRE) group, Natalie has spearheaded an initiative to raise awareness of menopause symptoms and provide greater support for employees impacted. She discusses what has been implemented, her learnings and why it’s so...
Challenging perceptions as a woman freight train driver
Heather Waugh can think of few jobs that will give you more pride than driving a freight train, being responsible for a 2000 ton, ¾-of-a-mile-long vehicle. And despite being the only woman freight train driver in Scotland, she believes there’s no reason for women to...
Women In Supply Chain and Logistics
Supply Chain and Logistics might make you think of men in hi-vis driving forklifts, but it’s so much more than that. We teamed up with Wayfinder who are creating a new pipeline of talented women coming into the industry while breaking down stereotypes and challenging...
The shift from worker bee to leading large teams
Once upon a time, Tracy Nichols was content with being a hard-working individual contributor. She now oversees a team of 48 people as Woolworths Group’s State Facilities Management (FM) Manager for NSW, and gets a “great buzz” from leading people and helping them...
How to Grow Your Career When The Unexpected Occurs
It’s not often that a woman moves across the country to support her partner’s career and also has an amazing career story herself, but Natasha (Tash) Robb is nothing but a success. She shares an inspiring story of career progression through pregnancy, children and...