Author Archives: Career Queens

When we started Career Queens, both Tess and I assumed that the vast majority of our audience would be other like-minded, career driven women. I’m happy to say that we’ve found a lot of our readership to also be men, who are interested in becoming more engaged and supportive of their female colleagues.  So byContinue reading “4 ways to be an ally of women at work”

So this is a question I have asked myself countless times… am I just lucky? Have I always just managed to ‘fall on my feet’, am I faking it until I make it? Or am I actually good at what I do? I anticipate if you ask a person, their boss and their co-workers theContinue reading “Is it just luck?”

I wanted to write this post because I feel like LinkedIn is an underutilized platform, particularly for people in my age bracket. Oftentimes I hear people saying that they are going to update their profile because they have just started looking for a new job – and let me say, it really shows when you’reContinue reading “Level up at LinkedIn”

This week I wanted to talk about working remotely and how to survive on Zoom. I’m coming up on 12 months working purely from home and spending 8 hour days on virtual meetings and I’m sure I must have learnt some useful things during that time! I’d also love to hear some tips from otherContinue reading “4 ways to ‘Zoom’ into remote work”

There are some challenges that men just won’t face. I’m sure there are aspects of their work life that are uniquely challenging too, but I want to take a moment to talk about some of my own experiences. I work in the tech industry, an industry which is mostly dominated by men. There are someContinue reading “Are you going on a date?”

Something that women are not particularly good at is self-promotion. I think this issue is particularly prevalent in Australia with ‘tall poppy’ syndrome and people feeling like they can’t talk about their achievements without sounding arrogant. Unfortunately self-promotion is a key part of asking for, and proving why you deserve a promotion. I’m going toContinue reading “I want a promotion – How to prepare”

This is honestly just a love letter to myself. It’s a reminder that you don’t have to be perfect. What’s prompted me to write this is that I recently failed at something, and it just highlighted to me how very bad I am at failing. It’s one of those things that are in all theContinue reading “How to fail”

I’m a self confessed worrier. Usually when you worry it’s because you care so much about the outcome. Worrying can be good to make you be very purposeful in your actions, but it can also bridle your success. By constantly worrying, it can forestall you from making decisions and getting ahead. I’m by no meansContinue reading “How to be a warrior not a worrier”