FlexCommunity member and talented copywriter Katie Tilden shares her thoughts on Flexible working, and her journey to fulfilling her career ambitions and inspiring her family.
Flexible Working
The Flexibility Journey – key themes from our roundtables
FlexCareers hold regular roundtable events with employers across Australia and New Zealand, to connect and collaborate on flexible working practices and gender diversity issues. As we move into June and celebrate Australia’s inaugural Flexible Working Day, we wanted to share some key themes.
Australia’s Inaugural Flexible Working Day!
FlexCareers is proud to join representatives from The Diversity Council of Australia, GM Holden, Medibank, PepsiCo, The Parenthood, Women’s Agenda and Gold Medal Winner Kim Brennan in supporting Australia’s inaugural Flexible Working Day on June 21st.
Why working mum is a dirty word (or two)
Working Mum is a catchy title, it tells you how it is, it’s a badge of honour, but does it do more harm than good for you in business?
The art of creating your work-life blend
When we bring our whole self to work and it is very difficult to separate all the elements of our lives and our persona, and can’t help but bring our work home at night, it’s time we started thinking in terms of a work-life blend
One Third Of Australian Workers Are Working From Home – Could You Make It A Success?
Here are a few ways that you can heighten your chances of making a success out of being a home worker.
Role reversal: Do stay-at-home dads benefit from flexible working options?
What’s in it for dads and how can we increase parental leave uptake for men?
Career Reboot-8 Tips for Returning to Work
Follow these tips to ensure a smooth transition
Motherhood and me
Whilst becoming a parent is the most incredible experience, it’s a wonder why no-one ever tells you how it really is?
Insights that come while watching my kids play
Good things come when professional women are given the opportunity and structured support to balance their family and work commitments.
The Balancing Act: Work Life, Family Life
To find balance, it takes consideration, identification of purpose, and knowing who you are, to find it.
Ecosystem of choices: uniting parenthood and career progression
As we head towards the opening of applications for Deloitte’s Return to Work program at the end of February, here is a bit more information on what it’s really like to work flexibly for Deloitte
4 tips for a successful return to work
Returning to work is challenging and requires a big adjustment for you and your family. However, with careful planning, open communication and the support of a strong network of friends and family, it can also be an exciting opportunity to regain your professional identity and continue on your career journey.
‘Bad parenting’ and ‘women’s luxuries’ – is that what you call it now?
Like many of you, I have a family and I have a career. The two are integral to my self-identity and I have learned lessons as a parent that no amount of time in the office could possibly have taught me.
Do senior roles ever come as flexible too?
Whether you are trying to make your full-time role more flexible, or you are applying for a promotion and proposing to work it part-time, flexibly or in a job-share arrangement, here are four keys things to consider.
Going part time doesn’t have to mean going backwards
Adele was determined to find a role that would give her the flexibility she needed to be a mum whilst advancing her career. Here’s how she found it.
Dear CEOs – Stop Firing Pregnant Women
Enough is enough – let’s make 2017 the year that pregnant women stop getting fired! FlexCareers Chairwoman Rhonda Brighton-Halls open letter to Australian CEO’s and some sobering facts you should know.
Domestic Warrior: CEO to stay-at-home dad
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.
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.
Part time career. Full time happiness.
As a mum who had been out of the workforce for a couple years, Natalie didn’t feel that it would be easy to find an employer who would give her a part time job opportunity, especially given the type of work that she had done previously.