Women in Business
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More women at the top proves better for business
First 5000 | June 24, 2020As Australia moves towards economic recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report shows that more women on Boards and in senior leadership positions drives better company performance, greater productivity and greater profitability.
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NSW gov research reveals new approach could promote equality in recruitment
First 5000 | March 10, 2020A trial by the NSW Government shows it could just take a phone call and email to job candidates to begin driving gender equality in the workforce and help increase the number of senior leadership roles held by women.
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How gender bias impacts the workplace and how to beat it
First 5000 | March 6, 2020Bias might be built in to how our brains work, but that doesn’t make it acceptable. Recent advances in psychology and neuroscience have given us unprecedented insight into how biases interfere with good decision-making.
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Childcare limits stop professional women returning to work: report
First 5000 | March 4, 2020Reducing workforce disincentives facing professional, university educated women could add up to 12 million working hours to the economy annually, the equivalent of an extra 6,500 highly talented women in the Australian workforce.
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Pay gaps closing faster in leading-practice employer group
First 5000 | February 26, 2020The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) and the University of Queensland’s AIBE Centre for Gender Equality in the Workplace has released a new report that demonstrates that a group of leading Australian organisations are closing their pay gaps faster than other employers reporting to WGEA.
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Podcast: Bobby Mahlab talks Mentor Walks and women in media
Darren Woolley | February 10, 2020Managing Marketing Podcast host Darren Woolley and Bobbi Mahlab founder and managing director of Mahlab discuss how the Mentor Walks program started, some of the main issues for women working in media and the evolving nature of business.
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New national engineering taskforce releases report to tackle gender disparity
First 5000 | January 21, 2020A new independent national taskforce to tackle the deficit in the numbers of women studying engineering has launched a report which identifies a need to change the perception of engineering in society and schools if gender diversity in engineering is to improve.
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What women want in 2020
First 5000 | December 24, 2019Flexible working opportunities, diverse senior leadership teams, clear policies, company purpose beyond the dollars and leadership trumped networks, social activities and free lunches are women want in the workplace, according to The Leadership Institute’s 2019 study of working women.
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Sydney continues to champion gender equity and shared care
First 5000 | December 11, 2019The City of Sydney is continuing to drive gender equity across its workforce, with its latest review showing an overall gender pay gap in favour of women.
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Australia’s latest gender equality scorecard released
First 5000 | November 22, 2019More Australian employers are taking action to promote gender equality in their organisations but the pace of change is modest and uneven according to data released this week by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).
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Women from traditionally male dominated industries converge on Devonport
First 5000 | November 12, 2019More than 150 working women have converged on Devonport for the bi-annual Women in Male Dominated Occupations and Industries conference, which aims to encourage recruitment, retention, and improved conditions for women.
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Starting a business as a woman: the challenges you will have to face
Carolin Petterson | November 11, 2019Starting a business is a dream most people have at some point in their lives. However, very few people actually take the necessary steps to make that dream into a reality.
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Brighter, bolder future for Australian girls
First 5000 | August 9, 2019A cooperative alliance to build girls’ participation in entrepreneurship and STEM kicks off today as leaders from a range of sectors gather in Sydney as part of the Future Female Entrepreneurs Program.
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Investing in our future fund managers
First 5000 | April 8, 2019Aspiring women in finance are set to benefit from a partnership between a leading income fund manager and The University of Technology Sydney (UTS).
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New funding to support more women in construction
First 5000 | March 9, 2019More building and construction industry career opportunities for women will result from the Minister for Women’s announcement of $675,000 for the Women Building Australia program, according to Master Builders Australia.
