Deborah May produces the Advancing Women newsletter and has the following tips for how you can use action words to make sure you are heard at work: Deborah advises that women can dilute the impact of their message by being too indirect and avoiding verbs and provides the following tips: 1. Use more verbs. They […]
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Wage gap widens for Australian Women
Posted on 03 November 2009.
Australian women face bigger wage gaps for doing similar jobs than women in Syria, Indonesia and Thailand, an article in the Sydney Morning Herald revealed on the weekend. Australia was ranked 20th in the World Economic Forum’s global gender gap index, down from its rank of 15 in 2006; ranked 60th for wage equality for […]
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5 things you can do to sell yourself in your workplace, business or broader career
Posted on 20 October 2009.
Last Thursday was one of those crazy days (good-crazy, thank goodness and not silly-crazy!) that seem to happen only when all the stars and moons are aligned… It started with an interview on ABC radio, and ended with a conversation with Carla Zampatti. And I learned a lot from both about selling yourself, and making […]
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Flexi-dressing for flexible work arrangements
Posted on 19 August 2009.
I loved this article on Professionelle on flexi-dressing. Those of you who work from home or work flexibly will understand that the whole flexible work arrangement adds an extra dimension to the already perplexing question we are faced with every morning – ‘what should I wear today?’!!! Click here to read Galia’s suggestions for avoiding multiple wardrobe changes […]
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Women face a “grass ceiling” cap on earnings
Posted on 18 August 2009.
For those of you who are golfers (and I know many of you are!)…. Did you know that researchers at the University of New Mexico have identified a link between the placement of women’s tees on golf courses and their professional success.The farther apart men’s and women’s tees are in a region, they found, the fewer women […]
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Challenging the status quo
Posted on 11 June 2009.
I had the privilege this week of being the keynote speaker at the 18th annual Young women in Public Affairs Award for women with a global vision, coordinated by Zonta. The awards bring together female students in year 11 and year 12 from schools all over Sydney, with students challenged to answer the question: “What could […]
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