This week saw the launch of the inaugural Flexible Working Day, it is an opportunity to celebrate and showcase how flexible working can benefit the community (check out the website www.flexibleworkingday.com) I thought I’d share my thoughts on the concept of Flexibility, what it means for me and how I use it. I’ve also included my…
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#FWDay2017 – FlexBetter is not rhetoric; it’s genuinely there to be embraced
Today is the launch of Flexible Working Day, which provides us with an opportunity to celebrate and showcase how flexible working can benefit all employees and employers. Medibank’s own FlexBetter provides employees with a variety of options to help incorporate flexibility into their days. Justine Cain, Divisional General Manager of Medibank Health, actively uses FlexBetter in order to achieve…
#FWDay2017 – Flexible Working at Z Energy
Today is Australia’s inaugural Flexible Working Day and a great time to have a conversation about why this is so important. What is flexibility? Flexible working simply refers to better meeting the needs of individual employees by being flexible with where and when they carry out their work. While lots of the literature about Flexible Working…
FWDay2017 – Female Leader and Flexible Working Day Ambassador, Tracey Spicer
Tracey Spicer, CEO of Spicer Communications, has an enviable portfolio career encompassing television, newspaper, radio and online journalism, and is a highly sought-after writer, speaker and media trainer. She has just authored The Good Girl Stripped Bare, challenging the structural workplace barriers faced by women. Tracey is passionate about equality, which is a central tenet of her book. The Good Girl…
#FWDay2017 – celebrating Westpac NZ’s approach to flexibility
As part of our support for Flexible Working Day 2017, FlexCareers will be showcasing some of the great work our clients in New Zealand are doing with regards to flexibility, and their commitment to offering flexible working arrangements as part of a broader strategy to increasing female participation in the workforce at leadership level. New Zealand…
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.
FlexCareers welcomes Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy & Fertilisers
FlexCareers this week welcome Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy & Fertilisers (WesCEF) to our community of progressive employers. There are many reasons why FlexCareers is excited to partner with WesCEF – find out more here.
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.
How our technology platform helps working mums land that perfect role
Our FlexMatch platform is a game-changer for those who want to work flexibly, and we want you to know how it works
Top tax tips for working parents
With tax time just around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about what you are entitled to claim for your tax deductions. As busy working parents, it’s easy to overlook your eligible tax deductions. However, when you think about the extra cash you get back, its worthwhile spending a little time gathering relevant information.
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.
Half Of Australian Mums Face Discrimination In The Workplace, Research Shows
More than half of Australian women have been discriminated against in the workplace for being a mum, a study has shown.
Australian working mothers cry out for flexible working arrangements
Research conducted by FlexCareers reveals that workplace discrimination is rife in today’s businesses and is creating an often untold burden for women at a time of their lives when they should be celebrating motherhood, rather than battling for their rights to either work or take time off to settle into this phase of their life.
Community Advisory Board: Expressions of Interest
We’re on a mission to change the way careers work. You can help us to understand how we can achieve this by being a member of our Community Advisory Board (CAB). We’re taking expressions of interest now.
FlexConnect Event: Be the change you seek in the world and redefine your future
FlexCareers have created a series of workshops to help set women up for sustained success in their careers. Each session is a stand-alone 2 hour interactive workshop packed with practical tips to help talented women create their own version of success.
Nothing Like the Facts on Diversity and Inclusion to really tell us where we’re up to
In Australia, we’ve been talking about diversity as an objective since women got the vote with Federation in 1901. Given this early start, it was a surprise to see some of the data points within the National Diversity and Inclusion Survey released today.
Corporate Jobs Get a Makeover: New company launches to bring mums back to work
FlexCareers & Australian businesses to improve gender diversity in the workplace.
Today. Better Than Before.
For us here at FlexCareers, today marks an exciting moment in our company’s short history.
Why I joined FlexCareers
What FlexCareers is going to attempt to do – to change the way careers work – is SOO very overdue that I am pleased to be able to roll up my sleeves and help get it done!
Meet our founders: An insiders perspective
If I know one thing I know this – that the really great companies have really good people behind them. Not perfect people, but genuinely good people who are working hard to do the right thing by the community, their clients and their partners.