Advice

Carolyn Cresswell, the owner of Carman’s Fine Foods, was crowned Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year at an awards ceremony in Sydney last night.

I do love a good job-sharing role and we have one this week with a role from law firm Clayton Utz.

My career started with a bang – a big degree, a big job, and a whole lot of ambition.

There was a time when Michaela Healey would never have believed she could reach the senior executive ranks of the National Australia Bank.

Earlier this year my 7-year old daughter came home from school to announce that she was no good at maths.

It’s well documented globally that women don’t see the IT industry as an attractive career choice.

It is five years and two months since Marius Kloppers took over as CEO of Australia’s biggest listed company, BHP Billiton.

A pregnant pause – stopping the brain drain and supporting women at work In terms of OECD countries, sadly Australia is still far from taking the lead when it comes to supporting pregnant women in the workplace, and what seems to be an eternal bugbear for employers – women on maternity leave.

There’s a huge difference between using social media for personal reasons, and using it to manage and develop a brand and online identity for a business.

The boards of not-for-profit organisations are often regarded as a training ground for those wishing to be commercial company directors.

I always have the suspicion that flexibility is a reward rather than a recruitment tool.

Gwen Wilson has written about her experiences of rape, violence, poverty and homelessness in her new book, I Belong To No One.