As FlexCommunity member Amy shares, promoting gender equality should be less about implementing strategies to directly enable women to take on more in the workplace, and more about encouraging and incentivising men to take on more in the home.
Career Tips
Finding the right work at the right time!
The career path of a Mum seems often to be a scenic trail rather than a clearly signposted highway….
21 tips to help you land your ideal flexible role – straight from the mouths that really matter.
Talent Acquisition leaders gathered at our final FlexConnect session to answer questions from our community about the recruitment process. Here’s what they had to say and their tips to help you land your ideal flexible role.
Get Active in Your Career – Managing your career whilst on leave by networking!
Often the last thing on your mind when you go on leave is returning to work and least of all networking. However, effectively managing your career while on leave can significantly impact on your successful return to the workforce.
The best way to tackle a career gap: 7 must-do actions
Re-entering the workforce after a break can be very daunting. Here are 7 ways you can help yourself transition back to work and land that perfect flexible job.
10 Inspiring Leadership Quotes
Nikki Hobin, FlexCareer’s CEO and seasoned executive coach and speaker, shared her top 10 leadership quotes.
The secret ingredient to unlock career potential: Emotional Intelligence. 4 steps to get you started
Sustained High Performance today is driven more by emotion than competence and the key to understanding this is Emotional Intelligence
Why are women scared of leadership roles?
Women assume that professional power involves trade-offs and sacrifices. Late night working, travelling, insane work pressure – women assume these are the payoffs of a senior role because she has seen her male boss behave or work like this
5 must have items for your work wardrobe
Building a great professional wardrobe is a labour of love, particularly if you’re navigating your way back into the working world. Above all, it takes a bit of time to get comfortable in our professional skin, so to speak, and to transition from your casual everyday mum gear (and this includes your active wear!).
Craft your career plan in 6 practical steps.
Our careers will command a large portion of our adult lives and yet very few of us will have a special folder labelled ‘career planning’!
You have got to be in it to win it
Having a career plan and communicating it to those who matter will put you in the running for the
Career Advice from our community
We recently asked some of our community members to share the best career advice they had ever received or their career mantra. Here is what they had to say:
The journey from motherhood to working mum
Regardless of the challenges that motherhood or being a working mum has thrown at me, I feel more empowered than ever. It’s the feeling of accomplishment. I am a working mother who is devoted to her children but is also passionate about building her career. I have FlexCareers to thank for that.
Socialising At Work: Discretionary Spend or Fundamental Investment?
I’m a part-time working mum so I’m in the office only a few days a week. On my work days, I’m in charge of the daycare pick ups. I’m going to assume you’re good at math and you’ve probably done the calculations by now, but what this means is that my time at work is pretty limited, tightly scheduled. And when I’m there I want to make it count.
An authentic and purposeful personal brand can help to secure your rightful place at the leadership table
There’s a lot of work to be done to address gender parity in the workplace. Many of the issues, some deeply ingrained in cultural barriers, are out of our sphere of control. But there’s also much you can do now that is entirely in your control to strongly position yourself ready for the leadership roles you deserve.
You can’t put a child in a violin case. 4 tips to negotiate flexibility.
Chairwoman of FlexCareers, Rhonda Brighton-Hall, recently shared her top tips on how to negotiate flexibility at our recent FlexConnect event. Flexible working is not a privilege of working parents but for now, without it, many talented women will continue to be forced to stay out of the workforce. Flexibility is the way of the future for all, even violin enthusiasts!
Let’s Keep Asking the Questions
There’s a few things we can each do – simple practical things – that will make each and every pay decision aim firmly at breaking the disparity.
Becoming a Contractor? The legal lowdown
There is certainly a lot of benefits to contracting or freelance work. However it would be naive to think it does not come without its stresses.
Getting social could get you your dream role
Insights from our recent FlexConnect event ‘Marketing yourself through smart profiling’.
Mum on the Run: Top Tips to Turn the Commute Into a Productivity Zone.
As part of the 75 per cent of Australian mothers who juggle motherhood and a career I am always on the lookout for smarter ways to manage my time.