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Leading My Career
Oz Minerals & Beach Energy
The resources sector has had a low participation rate with women in the past and continues to face challenges to improve female representation. However, with organisations such as OZ Minerals and Beach Energy's investment in career development for women, hopefully the number of females (especially in managerial roles) will rise strongly. Read story » |
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Be open and receptive to every opportunity
Sophie Callander is a successful commercial property lawyer and busy mum of two.
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Gain wisdom from those around you
By Georgia de Biasi
Georgia had really just embarked on her career when she first came into contact with Xplore. She was in a graduate role in the public sector and had heard about the Xplore program through the women's network in her organisation. Read story » |
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Learn from sharing your own experiences
By Michelle Bennett
At the time that Michelle attended the Xplore program she had just made her first major career move from a legal to accounting role. This was a big change for Michelle, finding her feet in a new company and facing many new challenges. In this sense her involvement in the program came at the perfect time .Read story » |
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Balance personal and professional ambitions
By Caroline Lambert
Caroline was studying for her PHD and working as a consultant at the time of the Xplore program that she attended. She saw it as a great opportunity to spend time reflecting on what her career goals were with a group of people that were interested in where they were going with their own careers. Read story » |
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Kate attended the Xplore Career Resiliency program in 2004 whilst she was finishing the graduate management development program with BOC. She had travelled previously and was ready to start her career journey. She saw the program as a great opportunity for personal development. Read story » |
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Don't be afraid to make a change if you're not being challenged in your career
By Rachel Eaves
Kate attended the Xplore Career Resiliency program in 2004 whilst she was finishing the graduate management development program with BOC. She had travelled previously and was ready to start her career journey. She saw the program as a great opportunity for personal development. Read story » |
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Fiona was one of Xplore's very first participants on a program in 2002 with her then employer Colonial First State. At the time of attending the program Fiona knew she wanted a career change but was unsure what her next career move would be. Read story » |
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After leaving university Suzanne embarked on her career but soon realised that she wanted to take on a different journey at that time in her life, so she decided to go to Europe backpacking. She was away for 13 months travelling and working her way around Europe. Read story » |
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At the time that Amanda attended the Xplore career resiliency program she was making her next career choice after having completed a graduate program with BOC. She was embarking on a path away from her studies of chemical engineering into the field of Supply Chain. Read story » |
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Maintaining balance to achieve success
By Kylie Dwyer
When Kylie first attended the Xplore program she had already been a business owner for 12 years. At that time she owned and managed 2 hairdressing salons with 25 staff members. Having successfully developed and implemented processes and procedures within her business, she was eager to learn how to take things to the next level. Read story » |
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James had been working at the CBA for 27 years when his line manager nominated him for the Xplore Senior Resiliency program. Previously the program had been for female participants only but was now open to male participants as well. Read James' story » |
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At the time that Leah came into contact with Xplore she was working at Alexco as
General Counsel / Company Secretary. She remembers at the time she was at a point in her career to step up into a more senior role where she would be managing people and more complex situations.. Read Leah's story »
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Start having more meaningful conversations
When Carmel was nominated by senior management for the Xplore in-house Career Resiliency program she had to question, "why me?" Read Carmel's story » |
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Natasha had been with the Commonwealth Bank for 12 months when she was encouraged by her manager to take part in the Xplore Career Resiliency Program. Read Natasha's story » |
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At the time of Deborah's enrolment onto the Xplore Career Resiliency pilot program in 2005, she was unsure of where she was heading with her career.
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Maree has been working at CBA for over 30 years, so when the opportunity was presented to her to attend the Xplore Senior Resiliency program she agreed. Read Maree's story »
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Maureen never dreamt that a discussion at a Pakistan cricket match would be the catalyst to change her life so dramatically. Chatting to the Pakistan Team Coach at the match she realised she'd found something she needed - Xplore! Read Maureen's story » |
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Matt had just been moved into a new role when he was offered the chance to attend the Xplore Senior Resiliency program as a reward for his appointment. His predecessor had attended the program and spoken highly of it. Read Matt's story »
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Do you feel as though you have to be perfect in your current role in order to move into a more senior position? This is exactly how Lee-Anne had always seen it, until she learned that this was not necessarily true.
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Louise had always known that her life would not be ordinary but she could never have predicted that it would be so extraordinary!
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Thilaka's extraordinary journey from Sri Lanka to Australia is a story of her passion and determination to achieve what she wants from life. Read Thilaka's story » |
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Louise was introduced to the Xplore Career Resiliency program in 2007 by a colleague at Transurban. At the time she was looking for something to assist her in gaining more self-confidence and assertiveness, as she was about to step up to a management role. Read Louise's story » |
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Alisdair was introduced to the Xplore Senior Resiliency program in late 2010 through his employer CBA. Continue reading » |
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Natasha has been working at Sydney Water for over 15 years. She believes their support for her development and flexible working conditions have made it possible for her to realise her career aspirations. Read Natasha's story » |
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