Career tools and insights for those who want more.
Redefine success on your own terms.
Practical guidance for navigating career change, growth and purpose.
Your career. You’re in the driver’s seat
The Challenge
Answers to the real questions
Am I paid what I’m worth?
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Do I need a "purpose"?
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Promotion - yes, or actually, no thanks?
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What do I do when I've outgrown my job?
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Am I just "shoulding" myself into a career I don't want?
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Do I need a mentor, a coach, or a sponsor — and what's the difference?
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Why Careering is Different
A companion for your whole career, from your very first job to whatever comes next.
Careering brings together research, real stories, reflective exercises and practical frameworks anchored in a whole-of-life view of what a career can be.
Evidence-based insights.
Real stories of real women, from entrepreneurs to ballerinas and everything in between
Reflective exercises.
Practical frameworks and tools.
A whole-of-life approach to career success.
Meet the author
The career questions we all ask, and rarely get space to work through.
Throughout my career, so many people have shared wisdom with me at exactly the moments I needed it. And over the years, many women have asked me the same questions I was asking.
Careering is me paying that forward - the stories, the workplaces, the lessons I've picked up over two decades of navigating a career, as a playbook to help you navigate yours.
About the Book
More than a career guide, more of a playbook, built from real questions and real answers.
This is written for women who want more than the default path — at every stage, from your first job to whatever comes next.
A career playbook built from real stories, real workplaces, and two decades of the questions women keep asking.
Frameworks and tools you can actually use — not just permission to feel stuck.
Structured across three parts: YOU, WORK, and YOU AT WORK.
The Podcast
All episodes
Conversations from the book, and a lot more
Ep.1 - Defining Success
In the first ever episode of the Careering Podcast, we kick straight into the big topics. Join Melissa and Kelsie as they discuss what success means to them, how it's changed over the years and the impact of the word 'should'.
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Ep.2 - Negotiating a Pay Rise
In this week's Careering podcast episode we’re tackling all things pay rise - asking for them, giving them and all the money we lose not negotiating them. Join us for a chat about our own experiences and some practical tips for having robust, fact-based salary conversations.
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Ep.3 Screwing the Crew
We’re getting a bit scandalous this week and diving into the good, the bad and the ugly of office hookups. Join us for a few laughs and a chat about the right way to have an office romance and where NOT to have office sex.
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Speaking & Workshops
Bring these conversations into your organisation.
Conversations designed to inspire leadership, career growth and meaningful change for women, teams and communities navigating what comes next.
Leadership
Ideas and conversations that help leaders lead with clarity, confidence and purpose.
Women’s Leadership
Conversations about confidence, influence and creating meaningful impact.
Career Growth
Practical perspectives for navigating career decisions, growth and change.
Navigating Change
Thought-provoking sessions for people and teams moving through change.
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