Jenny Nicholls

December 11, 2023

End of Year Updates

Jenny Nicholls

December 11, 2023

A few last updates from Gembridge to close out 2023 and to welcome in 2024.

Jenni D'Orival

December 11, 2023

Insights

Embrace Growth, Boost Your Career: The Power of a Growth Mindset

Jenni D'Orival

December 11, 2023

Insights

Embrace Growth, Boost Your Career: The Power of a Growth Mindset

What exactly is this growth mindset everyone's talking about? It can be a game-changer for your career journey, so here we dive into the elusive yet essential ‘growth mindset’.

Jenny Nicholls

December 7, 2023

Insights

Holiday Advice (From Leroy Groodle)

Jenny Nicholls

December 7, 2023

Insights

Leroy (the dog) heard that the holidays and summer are coming. He thought you might like his advice for how to do summer right!

Michelle Varcoe

December 7, 2023

Insights

Is Your New Years’ Resolution to Find a New Job?

Lauren Taylor

December 6, 2023

Insights, Resources

Is Your New Years’ Resolution to Find a New Job?

As we approach the end of 2023, we think now is the perfect opportunity to take stock of what has been; set intentions and create a list of resolutions and goals.

Dawn Patrick

December 6, 2023

Resources

Setting Yourself Up for the New Year

Dawn Patrick

December 6, 2023

Resources

As we reflect on the year that is drawing to a close, it’s a good time to think about the direction we’d like to take in our careers to set ourselves up for the New Year.

Jenny Nicholls

October 18, 2023

Insights

3 Big Mistakes Businesses Make In Wellbeing

Jenny Nicholls

October 18, 2023

Insights

3 Big Mistakes Businesses Make In Wellbeing

Friend of Gembridge, Carli, shares her tips: Is your business running ad hoc wellbeing events, such as yellow cupcakes for RU OK Day and that’s about it? Do you have the best intentions to improve employee wellbeing in 2024? Here are the biggest mistakes business make and how to fix them.

Jenny Nicholls

October 16, 2023

News, Gem Spotlight - Featured Interview

Gem Spotlight - Nalan Ozacardi

Jenny Nicholls

October 16, 2023

News, Gem Spotlight - Featured Interview

Nalan joined UNSW in February of this year as their Development Manager, Medicine & Health. Here, she passionately describes her love of education, Advancement and how her new role has provided the most fulfilling years of her career.

Jenny Nicholls

October 16, 2023

News, Gem Spotlight - Featured Interview

Gem Spotlight - Rob Paterson

Jenny Nicholls

October 16, 2023

News, Gem Spotlight - Featured Interview

Rob began his new role at Holmesglen Foundation at the start of 2023. From interests in sport to building things to travel and developing others, read below to find out how Rob came to work in fundraising… and why he loves it.

Troy Varcoe

October 11, 2023

Insights

Is Lack of Employee Engagement Causing Stress?

Troy Varcoe

October 11, 2023

Insights

Is Lack of Employee Engagement Causing Stress?

Lack of engagement, high employee stress levels and quiet quitting. Is your organisation following these same trends?

Jenny Nicholls

October 5, 2023

Insights, Resources

Dissecting a Workday… Every 15 Minutes

Jenny Nicholls

October 5, 2023

Insights, Resources

You’ve probably been there. You get caught up in the whirlwind of the daily grind, only to get to the end of the day, look at your to-do list that’s still a mile long, and wonder… “what did I DO all day? Here we explore what happened when a workday was dissected into 15-minute increments.

Lauren Taylor

October 4, 2023

Insights, Resources

Tools of the trade: Eisenhower Matrix and Avoiding the ‘Busy-ness’ Trap

Lauren Taylor

October 4, 2023

Insights, Resources

Tools of the trade: Eisenhower Matrix and Avoiding the ‘Busy-ness’ Trap

We are all juggling a myriad of tasks, activities and distractions in our jobs, and it’s easy to feel like we’re not making real progress where it matters. We love a good framework at Gembridge and today we’d like to share with you a deceptively simple, yet highly effective productivity tool called the Eisenhower Matrix.

Dawn Patrick

October 2, 2023

Insights, Resources

How do you know it's time to find a new job?

Dawn Patrick

October 2, 2023

Insights, Resources

How do you know it's time to find a new job?

There is no foolproof way of knowing when it’s time to make a move, however there may be a few tell-tale signs indicating you might be due for a change.

Jenni D'Orival

October 2, 2023

Insights

Planning Ahead for Your Next Job Before You're Ready to Look for It

Jenni D'Orival

October 2, 2023

Insights

Planning Ahead for Your Next Job Before You're Ready to Look for It

If you are doing well in your role, happy with the team and organisation, culture fit is great, and you are learning and growing… It’s probably not the obvious time to be thinking about your next role. But it’s also not the worst idea.

Michelle Varcoe

October 2, 2023

Insights, News

Timing & Planning: Getting Your Recruitment Right!

Michelle Varcoe

October 2, 2023

Insights, News

Timing & Planning: Getting Your Recruitment Right!

Recruitment needs planning, and the time of year can be crucial. Since it’s the home stretch of 2023, it’s an important time for planning your recruitment so you get the timing right.

Troy Varcoe

August 24, 2023

News

Gem Spotlight - Leroy

Troy Varcoe

August 24, 2023

News

As Director of Wellbeing at Gembridge, he puts a smile on our face. Always at our feet in the home office, but usually sleeping on the job! Leroy also receives the most hits on social media than anything else that we post.

Jenny Nicholls

August 7, 2023

News

Gem Spotlight - Lincoln

Jenny Nicholls

August 7, 2023

News

8 August is known as International Cat Day. To celebrate, we interviewed Lincoln, the cat of Gembridge team member Jenny. Keep reading to see what he had to say about cat life, family life and his connection to Gembridge.

Michelle Varcoe

July 25, 2023

Insights, Resources

Managing Energy

Michelle Varcoe

July 25, 2023

Insights, Resources

Relationship and people-focused roles like fundraising, recruitment and consulting, are highly rewarding, but can demand you to be “on” constantly. How do you balance this, especially as an introvert who needs to step back to re-coup energy?

Michelle Varcoe

July 24, 2023

Join Team Gembridge

Michelle Varcoe

July 24, 2023

Join Team Gembridge

Jenni D'Orival

July 24, 2023

Insights, Resources

Reference checks: A crucial part of your job search

Jenni D'Orival

July 24, 2023

Insights, Resources

Reference checks: A crucial part of your job search

When you are searching for a new job, you spend time researching roles and organisations, preparing and updating your CV, and crafting tailored cover letters. Something you should also be thinking about early in the process, is your referees.