Jamila Rizvi and Briana Blackett offered valuable insights on managing workloads through KPIs, navigating career breaks, and identifying company culture during interviews.

This Weeks Questions

1. Anon asks, how can I ask my manager to give me some KPIs instead of just throwing work at me. How do I manage up?
2. Bibiana asks, I am an overseas-graduated social worker with a 7-year gap while migrating to Australia. I want to return to social work, but here it focuses on mental health and disability, areas in which I lack experience. Despite job hunting, I haven't been successful. Should I continue to try or change careers?
3. Anon asks, what questions can I ask in an interview to really extract what the company culture is like?

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This week Briana Blackett and Lauren Beckman discussed the best ways to give a memorable speech, what do ask for from the people you're refereering and how to encourage Gen Z team members to speak up.

This Weeks Questions

• Anon asks, I have to give a big presentation to an external group. Any advice on how to bring big speaker energy and make myself memorable?
• Anon asks, What do you ask for from the people you're refereeing? If the reports are written, do you ask for the candidate to propose a response?
• Anon asks, How do I encourage Gen Z members of my team to speak up and give feedback?

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For our May 17th episode, FW’s Founder and Managing Director, Helen McCabe and Head of Implementation, Amanda Adderley discuss how to navigate conflict with a coworker, how to articulate your professional strengths and how to push for new practises in the workplace.

This week's questions

• Anon asks, I am 6 months into a new role and am really enjoying it. However, I am experiencing a visceral tension between myself and two colleagues who I work closest with. I'm trying my best to show up every day, but am feeling pretty defeated. How can I move forward?
• Anon asks, How do I best articulate my professional strengths when I’m putting myself forward for job interviews or promotions?
• Melissa asks, When colleagues value years of experience over current research-based practices, how do you change the status quo when the push-back is fierce because the new practices challenge people's current ways or personal bias?

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