Recently, I posted a Linkedin poll asking who respondents would turn to at work if their mental health was suffering because of their job. The majority (35%) said they would speak with their Manager. 31% would tell a coworker. 11% would go to HR. Alarmingly, 23% said...
The gender pay gap isn’t going anywhere but up. Last year’s Global Gender Gap Report told us “gender parity will not be attained for 99.5 years.” Unless medicine makes some quick leaps and bounds, that means most of us alive today won’t see it happen. Instead, we’re...
A year and a half into the pandemic, we’re well aware our collective mental health has taken a dip. For many women, it’s been a plunge. For parity in the workplace and beyond, it’s well established that equal distribution of care-taking duties is necessary. On a...
I wanted to know why people quit their jobs. Last week, I posted a poll on my Linkedin page. More than 93k people viewed this poll in 7 days and 3,500k people voted. Many people believed that “the fish often rots from the head” and with “bad management, comes a...
Quitting a job is easy. Leaving on good terms can be more complicated. No matter how much you dislike a Manager or a company, I don’t recommend or encourage you to ever burn a bridge or end a business relationship with someone unless it's absolutely necessary. ...
2020 was the year without end, but somehow we’re already halfway through the next one. As the financial year comes to a close and we continue to exist in a liminal space between hard lockdowns and a return to normal, it’s a time to pause. To evaluate if we took last...
Content warning: suicide Like everyone else in Victoria, I had plans this month with friends and family. And like everyone else, I’m experiencing the disorienting sensation of being back in September 2020. With one week turning to two, and no certainty if that will...
Your career isn’t over until you decide it is. There’s always time to change and grow, whether that’s with a different company or in an entirely new industry. If your gut is telling you that it’s time to go, explore your options. Be honest about what you want, what you need and whether you’ll have that if you stay in the same place.
You’re one of a kind if Monday’s your favourite day of the week. Most of us enjoy the end of a working week and, even better, a long weekend. But what happens if you genuinely dread Mondays? And Tuesday. And Wednesday. What if you spend mornings staring at the clock,...
Even if we love a job, working without recognition can leave us feeling disengaged and lowers our self-esteem. Contributing to a vision that doesn’t feel like it includes you is discouraging at best. At worst, it’s a reason to quit your job and find a role with a...
So often, we talk about how to tell if you’ve been successful in an interview – what it is that the client is looking for. Insider ‘tips and secrets’. We don’t talk nearly as much about what’s happening on the other side of that table (or, these days, our screens)....
I’ve written, recently, about 2021’s talent shortage. Despite all of our fears this time last year, the market is saturated with jobs – a dream situation! It’s a chance for talent to take advantage. No searching job boards without any result. No sending applications...