Insights (Our Library)

•  Victoria Butt
•  12th May 2021

12 months after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared a global pandemic, we have seen much global tragedy, but comparatively, Australia has remained in g...

•  Vanessa Lalani
•  12th May 2021

Meet Nicole Mathias-Browne. As Head of Marketing at Colonial First State, Nicole oversees brand, sponsorship, marketing, communications, content and all operation...

•  Victoria Butt
•  5th May 2021

​Corporate Australia is talking more and more about the gender mix in the workplace and increasingly discussing how we can achieve 50:50 gender parity. Given Aust...

•  Victoria Butt
•  14th Mar 2021

​Parity Consulting's Founder and Managing Director Victoria Butt, together with Parity's Specialist Consultants, bring you this comprehensive "Interview Guide" to...

•  Victoria Butt
•  13th Mar 2021

​Competency Based Interview QuestionsCompetency based or behavioural job interview questions are based on the premise that past behaviour is the best predictor of...

•  Victoria Butt
•  24th Feb 2021

​Continuing along with our Parity Picks initiative, this week we got to interview Justin Howell, Chief Operating Officer at Pendal. Jumping straight into it, we ...

•  Victoria Butt
•  23rd Feb 2021

​After a high calibre candidate rejected an employment offer with one of our clients based on the clients' response to the potential Superannuation changes, we ...

•  Victoria Butt
•  17th Feb 2021

​Here at Parity, we have begun a new initiative, Parity Picks, where we will be interviewing Australian- based executives and showcasing their careers - just di...

•  Victoria Butt
•  11th Jan 2021

​With most industries going through more change in the last 6 months than they have in the last 10 years, 2020 has certainly lived up to being one of the most mem...

•  Adam Lee
•  14th Dec 2020

Putting Your Best Foot Forward​2020 has proven to be a year where resilience, personal character and self esteem have been tested. It has also been a year that br...

•  Victoria Butt
•  30th Nov 2020

​If you have loved your job in 2020, you would probably be in the minority! Feeling overworked, underpaid and generally just ‘OVER IT’?I am saddened to say that I...

•  Victoria Butt
•  10th Nov 2020

​What We Do - Our Capabilities Specialising in the recruitment of Product, Pricing, Marketing and Digital professionals, our Capability Statement outlines our sou...

•  Victoria Butt
•  8th Nov 2020

Regardless of your work situation, we expect your anxiety levels to still be on the high side at the moment. This is an understandable reaction to the past 8 mont...

•  Victoria Butt
•  2nd Nov 2020

​In March 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared a global pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic is believed to have originated last year in a city in centra...

•  Skye Griffiths
•  28th Oct 2020

20 Simple Self Care Strategies​Self-Care. What is it? Self-Care these days has become a household word, especially in this most turbulent year. Most of us underst...

•  Agnes Villanyi
•  23rd Aug 2020

​New Leadership Challenges in 2020 and beyond2020 has thrown many challenges and one of them is the way we lead.The COVID 19 pandemic has put extraordinary pressu...

•  Ai Iwami
•  10th Aug 2020

​Returning to work after maternity leave during COVID-19 – you got this!“You’re on mute” my colleagues said in unison on my first video call after returning from ...

•  Vanessa Lalani
•  5th Aug 2020

​Future Predictions in Marketing, Communications & Digital​Parity Consulting has just released the 2020 Salary Guide & Insights across Marketing, Communic...

•  Victoria Butt
•  23rd Jul 2020

Here at Parity Consulting, we have been providing detailed salary information to the Product, Marketing & Digital communities for the past 6 years. Our 2020 P...

•  Victoria Butt
•  21st Jul 2020

​Here at Parity Consulting, we have been providing detailed salary information to the Product, Marketing & Digital communities for the past 6 years. Our 2020 ...

•  Skye Griffiths
•  21st May 2020

​Covid-19 has created a lot of new experiences for us all. Virtual Interviews, once only used for interstate interviews or for one off instances, are now a realit...

•  Victoria Butt
•  20th May 2020

​Returning to the Workplace – Keeping your employees safe, engaged & productive!These insights are suitable for HR/Talent, WH&S and business crisis teams ...

•  Victoria Butt
•  19th May 2020

​During the month of May, Microsoft 365 offered a month of innovative online events showcasing amazing presenters across Australia and New Zealand, featuring loca...

•  Amanda Glacken
•  7th May 2020

I don’t know about you, but I am not sure if I am quite ready for things to get back to normal yet?  I am worried I won’t remember to brush my teeth twice a day! ...

•  Victoria Butt
•  14th Apr 2020

​These insights are suitable for HR/Talent professionals who are taking the lead  during the COVID-19 Pandemic to hire, retain and engage their awesome Product, M...

•  Amanda Glacken
•  14th Apr 2020

​Something just occurred to me as I was walking around the block with the dog, that the “work” place is so much more than “work”, to so many people.Often colleagu...

•  Victoria Butt
•  6th Apr 2020

​Our topical Parity Plus webinar featured keynote speaker, Graeme Cowan – Board Director R U OK? And Dianne McCabe – Director of the happy path and hosted by Vict...

•  Agnes Villanyi
•  30th Mar 2020

No doubt these are super challenging times for everyone and we all have to come up with some creative survival strategies to make the best of the situation we fin...

•  Skye Griffiths
•  27th Mar 2020

​The unknown…. Who really sits comfortably in the uncomfortable at any time? That’s easy, no one does.Why? Quite simply, it doesn’t feel good. Unless they know so...

•  Adam Lee
•  15th Mar 2020

​Hasn’t the world just taken a wild spin in the past few weeks?! We’ve gone from bulk buying toilet paper, tissues and hand sanitiser to now, due to increasing de...

•  Victoria Butt
•  17th Feb 2020

​Our first Parity Plus event of the year – “A guide for future ready leaders: Building a mentally resilient workforce” featured keynote speaker, Graeme Cowan – Bo...

•  Victoria Butt
•  5th Jan 2020

​Most people dread returning to work after the Christmas break, especially after the pressure 2019 brought post the Royal Commission! But there are others who are...

•  Adam Lee
•  14th Nov 2019

​Since beginning my recruitment journey a year ago, there has been an eye-opening amount of change that I have and will continue to witness within Life Insurance....

•  Adam Lee
•  4th Nov 2019

​In today’s society, we are constantly on the go. There are multiple pressures continually on our shoulders, whether it is building a career, earning enough money...

•  Amanda Glacken
•  16th Sep 2019

Do you feel like you are in your prime – however the job market seems to think otherwise?​For those of you who have seen the film “The Intern” starring Robert De ...

•  Victoria Butt
•  10th Sep 2019

​Today we were thrilled to launch our 1st ever Product Lab - featuring 3 Product thought-leaders across different industries, and presenting vastly different cont...

•  Skye Griffiths
•  31st Aug 2019

​ As a team leader or manager, when was the last time you asked yourself the following questions?How is your team productivity? Wondering how you can keep your st...

•  Victoria Butt
•  25th Aug 2019

​It’s always quite daunting when I sit in front of a professional who opens with “I want your advice as to where I can take my career next”.  Even as a career exp...

•  Jodi Garratt
•  12th Aug 2019

​The Managing Director of Fidelity International, Alva Devoy shared her career journey on becoming a MD at our Story to Success event on Wednesday 7th August. Par...

•  Amanda Glacken
•  30th Jul 2019

​A few months ago, we reached out to Victor Leung and asked him to share his journey to success and on Thursday 25th July, Victor was our speaker for our Story to...

•  Victoria Butt
•  13th Jul 2019

​When my business started making higher revenue with less people and more part time staff, I realised I stumbled onto a good thing. That was 3 years ago now. I al...

•  Victoria Butt
•  13th Jul 2019

​Laura is the ex-General Manager of Global Product Marketing at Xero, co-founder of Product Women Sydney as well as a Product Mentor and Leadership Coach. Laura b...

•  Jayson Bricknell
•  6th Jul 2019

​Jayson Bricknell is the Director of Product and Service Development at Westpac and one of our speakers at Product Lab 2019, where he will share his insights on s...

•  Agnes Villanyi
•  1st Jun 2019

Job hunting can be daunting, from finding the right roles that are worth applying for (hiding among hundreds of others), researching and doing your due diligence ...

•  Victoria Butt
•  30th May 2019

​Click through for a comprehensive look at marketing role levels, key responsibilities, competencies, skills and experience - ​View Product Role Levels

•  Jodi Garratt
•  30th May 2019

​​Being specialists in the recruitment of Marketing, Communications and Digital professionals, we often come across CV's that could use some TLC, as well as candi...

•  Victoria Butt
•  30th May 2019

​Being specialists in the recruitment of Product professionals, we often come across CV's that could use some TLC, as well as candidates who request assistance wi...

•  Jodi Garratt
•  30th May 2019

Click through for a comprehensive look at marketing role levels, key responsibilities, competencies, skills and experience -​View Marketing Role Levels​

•  Mirjana Males
•  18th May 2019

​So, you’ve stepped out of your comfort zone and applied for a role you don’t think you’ll get, after all you don’t meet all the required skills listed; you’ve wo...

•  Victoria Butt
•  18th May 2019

Have you been asked to make an introduction to someone and unsure how to approach it which will set them both up for success? Too busy to spend too long thinking ...

•  Victoria Butt
•  3rd Apr 2019

​I’ve never really struggled fitting into groups or businesses in the past and have certainly never been excluded – until quite recently. As an executive recruit...

•  Adam Lee
•  26th Mar 2019

​So, you’ve just been offered a brand new opportunity at a new employer. You obviously went through the thought process of deciding why the current role you’re in...

•  Adam Lee
•  24th Mar 2019

​We’ve just held our first Parity Plus “Story to Success” event for 2019! We had Josh Walther, Chief Customer Officer at Tyro Payments, join us to talk about his ...

•  Victoria Butt
•  17th Feb 2019

​The mentor/mentee relationship code of conduct is still unknown to many and misunderstood by most. As a career recruiter, I have been asked countless times about...

•  Victoria Butt
•  29th Jan 2019

​High confidence and believing in oneself is proven to improve success at work, however what happens when your professional career takes a sudden turn?  Can failu...

•  Jodi Garratt
•  27th Jan 2019

​Having lived all over the world and worked in the recruitment industry in a number of locations, including Sydney, Melbourne, Singapore and New York; I can confi...

•  Victoria Butt
•  9th Jan 2019

​To a large extent, most professionals’ self-esteem is tied up in their success at work so how do you recover when you suddenly find yourself without a job? Espec...

•  Agnes Villanyi
•  15th Dec 2018

​Christmas break is fast approaching and our minds are already in holiday-mode, daydreaming about what we will do during our well-earned break when the offices ar...

•  Mirjana Males
•  26th Nov 2018

​Diversity is only half the answer – Creating more Inclusive work environmentsDIVERSITY is who we are and how we experience the world – INCLUSION is how we come t...

•  Victoria Butt
•  17th Nov 2018

​Networking is my trade – it’s my skill, yet the Japanese gave me some serious food for thought on a recent trip to Tokyo and since returning, I am a changed netw...

•  Victoria Butt
•  30th Oct 2018

​Leading the Product 2018!!Leading the Product is the largest product management conference in the Southern Hemisphere and is facilitated by the amazing team over...

•  Victoria Butt
•  28th Oct 2018

​If you feel frustrated that your career has not advanced as quickly, or in the direction you had anticipated, the chances are career blockers are inhibiting your...

•  Ai Iwami
•  17th Oct 2018

​As part of our Parity Plus initiative, we held our first Young Professionals Forum event featuring an amazing panel consisting of:Emily Wu, Group Product Busines...

•  Adam Lee
•  19th Sep 2018

​As part of Parity Consulting’s Parity Plus offering, we are dedicated to assist in the development and elevation of our product communities and as a part of this...

•  Victoria Butt
•  14th Aug 2018

​Story to Success with Joanne Thrift, Group CMO of Pepper Financial ServicesLast Wednesday the Parity team set up the office ready for the very first Story to Suc...

•  Amanda Glacken
•  10th Jul 2018

​Thousands of highly talented, motivated individuals are unemployed. They have built hugely successful careers, and then one day, they stopped. Why? Because they ...

•  Jodi Garratt
•  28th Jun 2018

​As part of Parity Consulting’s Parity Plus offering, we recently held our Marketing Training where we held 2 separate sessions which focused on the ways Marketin...

•  Adam Lee
•  24th May 2018

​For most people, jumping into the unknown goes against everything we believe in and can be absolutely terrifying. Moving away from our comfort zone, away from wh...

•  Jodi Garratt
•  10th Apr 2018

​Story to SuccessThe path to success as a Marketing professional with Deirdre BoyleAs part of Parity Consulting’s Parity Plus offering, we recently held our first...

•  Victoria Butt
•  4th Apr 2018

​Story to SuccessThe secrets to success for a career in Product Management with Maria CrockerParity Consulting together with Women in Product Melbourne hosted a c...

•  Victoria Butt
•  25th Mar 2018

​I’ve often reflected that there are strong similarities between interviewing someone and going on a first date!Regardless of which side of the table you are on, ...

•  Victoria Butt
•  12th Feb 2018

​The person that interviews the best will get the job – FACT!It’s interesting to note that some of the best candidates I have met over the years are quite frankly...

•  Victoria Butt
•  7th Nov 2017

​Into its third year, Leading the Product is a single day conference for Product Managers, run by Product Managers. Victoria Butt and Alex Macpherson from Parity ...

•  Victoria Butt
•  26th Oct 2017

​As part of our Parity Plus value-add offering to our clients and candidates, we hold an annual Career Strategy Day – partnering with leading Career Specialists i...

•  Victoria Butt
•  26th Oct 2017

As part of our Parity Plus value-add offering to our clients and candidates, we hold an annual Career Strategy Day – partnering with leading Career Specialists in...

•  Victoria Butt
•  21st Sep 2017

​As part of our Parity Plus value-add offering to our clients and candidates, it was our great pleasure to host Parity’s annual Career Strategy Day on the 30th of...

•  Vanessa Lalani
•  6th Jun 2017

​As part of our Parity Plus value-add offering to our clients and candidates, it was our great pleasure to host Parity’s 2017 Marketing Training on the 31st of Ma...

•  Victoria Butt
•  31st May 2017

Specialising in the recruitment of Product, Pricing, Marketing and Digital professionals, our Specialist Consultants share their Top 8 Tips for preparing for an i...

•  Victoria Butt
•  27th Nov 2016

​As part of the Parity Plus offerings, Parity held it’s annual HR Roundtable event last week with the topic focusing on the future of psychometric profiling. Pres...

•  Victoria Butt
•  27th Nov 2016

​Parity Consulting had the pleasure of being primary sponsor for Sydney’s 1st ever Product Management Conference – Leading The Product!  This conference, as well ...

•  Victoria Butt
•  2nd Jun 2016

​Annual HR Breakfast 2015Facts & Figures:Based on May 2015 statistics gathered by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), the current gender pay gap is 1...

•  Victoria Butt
•  31st May 2016

•  Jodi Garratt
•  31st May 2016

•  Victoria Butt
•  31st May 2016

Each year, the team at Parity Consulting gather both qualitative and quantitative data from the Marketing and Communications business community to bring our netwo...

•  Victoria Butt
•  30th May 2016

Each year, the team at Parity Consulting gather both qualitative and quantitative data from the Product Management business community to bring our network the mos...

•  Agnes Villanyi
•  15th Jan 2016

​Preparation and Knowledge Gathering for an InterviewInterview preparation is one of the key contributors to your success when interviewing for a new role.  It pr...

•  Victoria Butt
•  14th Jan 2016

​Questions to ask in an InterviewThe importance of formulating your own questions for an interview cannot be emphasised enough. They are a key tool to help you be...