Premium Interviews Using creativity and confidence to fashion a career in the public service Community & Social For Rina Bruinsma, it’s the unexpected ways in which a public sector career allowed her to flex the creativity that continues to engage her every day.
Premium Interviews Learning and listening key for APS leaders April 26, 2022 By Melissa Coade Careers Janice Silby was told that although she was good at her job, they would never employ a female as a manager. So she joined the APS, which was demonstrating leadership in equal opportunity employment.
Premium Interviews Emails first, then meetings: an insight into the work of a mandarin at IP Australia March 25, 2022 By Melissa Coade Career Advice Paula Adamson’s advice to young women wanting to make their mark in the APS is to speak up and be courageous, even if they find themselves second-guessing their own contribution.
Public service ahead of businesses on gender equality, more to be done on diversity March 11, 2022 By Jackson Graham Federal Journalist and advocate Virginia Haussegger said while representation among the higher ranks of the public service is improving for women, the sector needs to strive to be the exemplar for the rest of the nation.
Gains shouldn’t overshadow challenges, say public sector experts on International Women’s Day March 8, 2022 By Jackson Graham Federal The APS proportionally employs more women than the wider labour force yet the gender pay gap remains skewed towards men.
Your round-up of IWD events around Canberra and some insight into what the departments are up to March 6, 2022 By Melissa Coade Culture International Women’s Day (March 8) falls on Tuesday, and there’s a long list of events in Canberra and further afield for members of the APS.
