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How a holiday became an exciting project management career
From Germany to Australia, Sonja Buettner has crossed the world and the gender gap to find an exciting career in project management. Read to find out how
How women can rise to the top and land senior roles
Women often face challenges rising to senior leadership. Read Danielle Harmer’s story to learn tips and advice on how to overcome them.
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pitt&sherry achieve the Flex Able Certification
pitt&sherry is a specialist engineering and environmental consulting firm that solve unique challenges in the transport, mining, civic & utilities, tourism & recreation, energy and industrial manufacturing sectors. Twenty years ago, working at...
A born sales leader: Meet Kerry Appathurai
Kerry Appathurai’s impressive 20-year career has taken her from Cadbury and Nestle to Parmalat and now Lion, where she’s Customer Sales Director – Endeavour Drinks Group. She shares her career journey, advice for women entering sales and why her favourite saying is...
Episode Four: Mentoring and being a woman in senior leadership
Tracey Edwards has more than 25 years’ experience working across IT businesses from small start ups to global organisations such as IBM, NAB and Telstra. She’s worked across IT operations, service delivery and project management, with a focus on cyber security for the...
Episode One: WORK180 is changing the working world
WORK180 is on a mission to empower every woman to choose a workplace where they can thrive. Co-founders Gemma Lloyd and Valeria Ignatieva started WORK180 after both experiencing discrimination in the tech industry. They wanted to flip the job seeking model on its...
Episode Two: The value of sabbaticals and maintaining boundaries
Samantha Reynolds has over 20 years’ experience in engineering and product management leadership roles for start ups, as well as global companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, DHL and Honeywell. She is a chocolatier, a cancer survivor, and a single mum to two sons. She...
Episode Three: Bravery, resilience and single motherhood
Ife Akintoye became a single mother while still at University, but by taking risks and stepping out of her comfort zone she now has a successful career in recruitment branding at Mott MacDonald. She talks about rebuilding your confidence after babies, what we model to...
Parental Leave as a Father and Encouraging Diversity
Subscribe to our fortnightly Women at Work newsletter to get inspiring stories, career building resources and exclusive network invites delivered to your inbox. David Barnes is head of Reward at King - the World's leading mobile gaming company. He is responsible for...
In her blood: A miner’s granddaughter writes her own history
“My grandparents were hobby gold-seekers in New Zealand. As a little girl, Dad took me on adventures, gold pan in hand...” Meet Evolution Mining’s Geologist turned Business Analyst, Emma Stuart. Here, she shares her story of how she has grasped opportunities with both...
How Harriet landed her dream job with Network Rail -when she least expected it
Subscribe to our fortnightly Women at Work newsletter to get inspiring stories, career building resources and exclusive network invites delivered to your inbox. Joining the team as a Network Rail Scheme Project Manager when she was six months pregnant, Harriet Turner...