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Gem Spotlight - Matt Donovan
Matt Donovan has a heart of gold, as founder of Food For Change, helping vulnerable Australians with food insecurity. Let’s find out more about the man behind the mission.
Gem Spotlight - Emma Padgett
Emma was recruited into her new position of Appeals and Direct Marketing Specialist when Ovarian Cancer Australia and Gembridge partnered together. She’s been in this role for about 8 months now. Here, she tells us a little bit about herself and her new career.
Career Burnout: What is it, what are the signs, what to do about it
We’ve been hearing about burnout a lot recently in our conversations with candidates and clients. Burnout isn’t a good thing for you or your career, and it’s an important topic to discuss and to be aware of for yourself, but also, if you are manager, this is good to keep in mind when thinking about recruitment and retention of staff.
Gem Spotlight - Jenny Nicholls
Jenny joined team Gembridge about 6 months ago. Here she shares with us her passions, recent travel and her interest in dinosaur bones and France!
Finding and Keeping Awesome Fundraisers
If you are like most for-purpose or social impact organisations, you will know that finding, recruiting and retaining great fundraisers is essential to your success. So, what can you offer to entice them? And once you have them on board, how do you keep them engaged and motivated?
Food, Glorious Food
What an amazing day of fun, laughter and learning, plus hard work planting trees and shovelling dirt at our recent Volunteer Day in September with Food For Change.
Gem Spotlight - Bianca Ryan
We also celebrate Bianca’s new role and learn about why she loves her job, what her most rewarding move was, how she’d spend a dream day and more.
Gem Spotlight - Simonne Michelle
This month, we celebrate Gem Simonne’s role and learn what the best thing about it is, her proudest accomplishment, favourite holiday destination and more.
Why Healthy Work Culture Is Critical
When people are looking to move into a new role at a new organisation, the culture of the company is very important to them. Jenni shares a brief insight into company culture from an article she recently read.
Career journey from fundraiser to recruiter…
Jenni D’Orival reflects on her career journey from fundraiser to recruiter.
Food For Change... SDG #2
Gembridge is very excited to embark on a multi-year partnership with Food For Change, helping to increase their impact through financial support and getting our own hands dirty!
Gembridge joins the BCorp Community
We are so proud to announce this exciting news and join a global community of like-minded businesses who are a force for good, balancing profit with people and the planet. This journey has been rewarding and rigorous over the past 12 months, and we are so happy to reach this milestone.
Gem Spotlight - Daniel Brace
In this months Gem Spotlight, Daniel shares with us his reasons for entering the For Purpose Sector, his biggest career accomplishments and love of a good toga party.
It's Mental Health Month! View our Wellbeing Webinar HERE!
It’s Mental Health Month! LOOK OUT, LOOK UP & LOOK FORWARD is the theme for 2021!
Gem Spotlight - Suzanne Grant
In this month’s Gem Spotlight, Suzanne shares her career highlights, advice, and lockdown learnings. She is an experienced grant writer with a proven track record of securing funding from philanthropic trusts and foundations for charities in Australia and the UK. She is inspired by the people she works with and is motivated by seeing impact and new projects come to fruition. We also learn that she has a slight competitive streak!
The Candidate Experience
Now that the market is tighter, candidate experience has never been more important. Callum shares some tips to help improve the candidate experience.
Career evaluation: How to tell if it’s time to change jobs... and what to do next
When is the last time you took a moment to reflect on your career, assess where you are at, and thought about goals for the future? If it’s been a while, hopefully, this article is a timely reminder to do just that.