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5 tips for mentoring success (from those who’ve been there!)
Five professionals share how to progress your career through mentoring. We discuss common barriers and ways forward with advice from those in the know.
Maximizing your potential through mentorship & sponsorship
Unlock growth and seize opportunities with mentorship and sponsorship. Hear inspiring stories and gain actionable insights from thriving women. Your mentorship journey starts here!
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Policies That Put You Ahead of the Pack
Aleta Nicoll was four months pregnant with her second child when she interviewed for a new role at Origin Energy. She was totally upfront about her pregnancy and her plans to return part time, an approach that feels pretty scary to many working parents. Origin was...
Pandemic Pivot: hiring remotely
As we all attempt to navigate the uncertainties of COVID-19, I am grateful that my business, WORK180, has already mastered three key things on the ‘pandemic pivot’ to-do list. I’m referring to hiring, on-boarding and managing teams whilst working remotely. WORK180 is...
Uncovering career passion in data science
"It was the buzz of being able to help businesses make fast, data-driven decisions that led Yulia Kim into a career in data science, which has included a stint working at one of Silicon Valley’s largest tech giants. Now a Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst at...
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of Recruitment Experiences
At WORK180 we’re passionate about everyone having a positive recruitment experience, whether you get the job or not. We put a call out to our community asking for some of their best and worst recruitment experiences - the good, the bad and the ugly. Hopefully this...
Episode Eight: Managing your mental health at work
Kate Harrison is a counsellor who helps people navigate challenges and vulnerable periods of their lives. She started her career in learning and development, where she was exposed to behavioural science and became fascinated with the inner workings of peoples’...
Successfully Working Remotely
Our recent webinar on working remotely provided some helpful takeaways on how to set yourself up for success, finding your work rhythms, and how to maintain relationships with colleagues and managers. The webinar sold out in 40 minutes, so if you want to join others...
Leadership Development and Growing Through Challenge
Karley Whimp thought she was going to join the feds after completing Justice Studies, have a gun and run around like she was in Beverley Hills Cop, and says, “here I am in HR for a logistics company, and I absolutely love it.” We discussed taking on new challenges and...
6 ways to survive working remotely with your kids at home
Firstly, if you haven’t already, have a chat to your kids about why they are at home and potentially being home-schooled. Make sure you use language that is age appropriate. My children are 5, 9 and 11, so I have spoken to them all individually about what COVID-19 is...
Episode Seven: Women in STEM, the Girls’ Programming Network and Unconscious Bias
Renee Noble is the executive director of the Girls’ Programming Network, a software engineer at EdTech company Grok Learning, and was recently named in the Australia Financial Review’s 100 Women of Influence. Having had no exposure to programming until stumbling...