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‘Career or baby’: Why women in the tech sector still face an impossible choice
The very thing that makes the tech and start-up industries so appealing are also the things that can make it an incredibly difficult industry to start a family in.
- by Michelle Battersby
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We criticise fickle young workers, but what about their managers?
We have been accusing the youth of today of disloyalty for decades. But what about the reverse?
- by Jim Bright
‘It’s not Barbie Land!’ The women fighting fires, and the patriarchy
There’s still a strong gender imbalance in the emergency services sector, with most frontline roles in emergency services held by men. But things are changing.
- by Sue White
Fast-moving consumer goods offer fast-moving careers
Yoghurt, flour, pet food and cleaning products may not appear to have much in common, but those who work for the companies producing them know differently.
- by Sue White
Surprising career lessons we can all learn from The Bear
Carmy may not be a perfect boss, but his leadership style holds unexpected lessons, writes Dr Kirstin Ferguson.
- by Kirstin Ferguson
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‘Value for money’? Nothing justifies the top earners’ pay packets
Excessive executive salaries highlight the rising social inequality and ever-widening pay gap in our society. Is this what we want?
- by Jim Bright
Up-and-coming careers: Tapping into the apartment boom
As our cities go up, and more and more people live in apartment buildings, careers in strata management are on the rise.
- by Sue White
How to find more meaning through work
Fancy a career with purpose? Don’t let age or industry stand in the way.
- by Sue White
Is it your birthday? The best professional advice I have received
Every career has a basic, old-timers tip, handed from one generation to the next.
- by Richard Glover
Fancy looking after a five-tonne elephant?
Vet nurses are playing a key role in caring for our native wildlife – great and small.
- by Sue White
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Let’s face it, meritocracy is a myth. The game is rigged.
Nepotism, luck and other factors that have nothing to do with talent are at play in most areas of the workforce.
- by Jim Bright