Industry Content

•  Victoria Butt
•  13th Nov 2023

​Navigating Your Career Journey: A Holistic ApproachWelcome to the exciting journey of shaping your career. We're here to guide you through every step, ensuring y...

•  Ai Iwami
•  26th Sep 2023

​Are you ready to take the leap into the dynamic world of board positions? Whether you're a seasoned executive or an aspiring leader, embarking on a board career...

•  Victoria Butt
•  11th Sep 2023

Are You Facing Redundancy?In the dynamic landscape of today's professional world, the concept of redundancy can evoke a mixture of emotions and uncertainties. Me...

•  Victoria Butt
•  27th Aug 2023

​CULTURE: Exploring the Difference Between Trust-Earning and Trust-Giving Cultures. Which Is Better?In the dynamic landscape of today's professional world, wher...

•  Victoria Butt
•  21st Aug 2023

​This Conversation is a Balancing Act In today's rapidly changing work landscape, striking a balance between employee needs and organisational goals is crucial f...

•  Eliza McGivern
•  27th Jun 2023

​How to Differentiate Yourself and Be Findable in 2024!Get Ready for an Unforgettable "Lunch and Learn" with the Dream Team!Don't miss out on this exclusive webin...

•  Trish Aspell
•  5th Jun 2023

​Attention, job seekers! It's time to unlock your full potential and master the art of optimising your LinkedIn profile. With LinkedIn's popularity among profess...

•  Ai Iwami
•  16th Apr 2023

​Being industry leaders in recruitment across Product Management, Digital, Marketing, Communications, Data Analytics and Pricing & Actuarial, we love to share our...

•  Victoria Butt
•  4th Apr 2023

​Parity Consulting were proud to present our first Leadership event of 2023 as part of our ParityPlus value-add initiative - Leading your people through Menopause...

•  Mirjana Males
•  21st Feb 2023

​Now, unless you have been stranded on a desert island, or travelling in a remote part of the world where the internet is yet to reach, you would be familiar wi...

•  Victoria Butt
•  8th Feb 2023

Executive isolation is an ongoing challenge and one which I have not necessarily solved, more like “ongoing management”. Whether I have had 1 small start-up or 3...

•  Prue Officer
•  5th Feb 2023

​A hot topic of late, artificial intelligence (AI) is set to revolutionise the way marketing and communications are carried out as AI technologies continue to adv...

•  Victoria Butt
•  2nd Feb 2023

​A total of 286 years. This is the alarming number, put forward by the United Nations, that it will take for global gender equality to be realised. Let that sink ...

•  Trish Aspell
•  23rd Jan 2023

Are you feeling stuck in your current career? Do you want to take control of your future and find a role that you genuinely love and enjoy waking up every day t...

•  Agnes Villanyi
•  18th Jan 2023

​In today’s world, the importance of personal branding is growing by the day. An intentional personal brand can help you to stand out from the crowd, build credib...

•  Victoria Butt
•  16th Jan 2023

​Of course, we need to switch off, to truly recharge and reboot over the festive period.And most believe we should slow down in order to truly speed up and tack...

•  Laura King
•  21st Dec 2022

At Parity Consulting we love creating videos and this type of content has become increasingly popular in the digital world. As specialist recruiters, Parity use ...

•  Ai Iwami
•  12th Dec 2022

The difference between UX and UI design and the skills needed to nail these rolesUX design and UI design are both crucial components of the decision-making proces...

•  Hima Arafath
•  8th Nov 2022

​8 Trends in the Data Science Job Market 2022 & 23    Data scientists are going to be the new rock stars - they're the ones who help companies collect, store, and...

•  Agnes Villanyi
•  6th Oct 2022

These 17 things will change everything for you on LinkedIn!Christmas break is fast approaching and our minds may already be in holiday mode, daydreaming about wha...

•  Victoria Butt
•  29th Sep 2022

Being industry leaders in recruitment across Product Management, Pricing & Actuarial, Digital, Marketing, Communications and Data Analytics, we believe up to date...

•  Victoria Butt
•  8th Sep 2022

​What We Do - Our Capabilities Specialising in the recruitment of Product, Actuarial & Pricing, Digital, Marketing and Data & Analytics professionals, our Capabil...

•  Victoria Butt
•  20th Jul 2022

At any point in your career, you may feel as though your job is at risk. Maybe you were passed over for a promotion, or the company is downsizing, and your positi...

•  Victoria Butt
•  19th Jul 2022

​Salary Guide & Insights FY2022-23​We know what motivates people.​You may be in the 31% of professionals who feel they are paid market rate;Or the 72% who will co...

•  Hima Arafath
•  19th Jul 2022

Neurodiverse Talent - An Untapped MarketNeurodiversity is becoming a topic of focus for organisations and in the recruitment space – and rightly so. So, what is n...

•  Victoria Butt
•  3rd Mar 2022

​Effects of long-term remote working on career progression I’ve become increasingly aware of the growing number of professionals who never (or rarely) intend to r...

•  Matt Armstrong
•  24th Feb 2022

​ Find A Job Contact Us ​Career Advice for Young Actuarial Professionals As we find ourselves in the middle of February you might be wondering where the first mon...

•  Vanessa Lalani
•  15th Nov 2021

​​Being specialists in the recruitment of Product Management, Product Development, Pricing and Actuarial, Digital, Marketing, Communications and Data Science and ...

•  Victoria Butt
•  24th Oct 2021

​The past few weeks have been a career highlight for me.​Parity is currently in a massive growth phase, and as such we needed to add a few more amazing humans to ...

•  Amanda Glacken
•  4th Oct 2021

​The next executive we are pleased to introduce to you is Andrew Alcock – CEO of HUB24. The conversation he had with Division Manager of Parity Consulting, Aman...

•  Suzan Dcruz
•  29th Sep 2021

​“We are all in the same boat”.  We get this a lot these days from close family members, friends, colleagues and strangers too. But are we really ALL in the sa...

•  Vanessa Lalani
•  14th Sep 2021

​With a steady war for talent still very prominent throughout many industries and affecting our Product, Pricing, Digital, Marketing & Data Analytics audiences, ...

•  Edwina Stuckey
•  14th Sep 2021

​As the newest member of the Parity family, I wanted to introduce myself to you all. I’m excited to be part of this team and get to work in matching top talent wi...

•  Rosa Palmieri
•  8th Sep 2021

​Applications. Interviews. Hiring… Stress.​Gratefully, I can confidently say that I was one of the “lucky ones” - I landed a job with no experience or formal educ...

•  Amanda Glacken
•  27th Aug 2021

​Meet Moses Samaha - Executive General Manager, Product, Marketing & Sales @ Equifax AustraliaWe hope you’ve been enjoying learning a bit more about all of the am...

•  Rosa Palmieri
•  28th Jun 2021

​Mentorship.The “be all end all” of a successful career, right? Possibly.Or maybe not.I recently attended a seminar at the AGSM where my Managing Director Victori...

•  Vanessa Lalani
•  22nd Jun 2021

10 Ways to Overcome Setbacks​​This month I have suffered from rejection….. a lot of it actually. As a recruiter, it’s a feeling we probably experience more than w...

•  Ai Iwami
•  1st Jun 2021

​Chances are, you are working from home a day or two this week. With so many more businesses embracing flexibility, it’s become a given that flexible working arra...

•  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
•  13th Mar 2021

​ Find A Job Contact Us Competency-Based Interview Questions Competency-based (or behavioural job interview questions), are based on the premise that past behavio...

•  Victoria Butt
•  13th Mar 2021

​Download a copy of our full Interview Guide here!Parity Consulting's Founder and Managing Director Victoria Butt, together with Parity's Specialist Consultants, ...

•  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

​ ​​ Find A Job Contact Us With most industries going through more change in the last 6 months than they have in the last 10 years, 2020-21 has certainly lived up...

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•  13th 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 2021, you would probably be in the minority! Feeling overworked, underpaid, and generally just ‘OVER IT’?I am saddened to say that ...

•  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...

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•  27th Oct 2020

20 Simple Self Care Strategies​Self-Care. What is it? Self-Care these days has become a household word, especially over the last few turbulent years. Most of us ...

•  Agnes Villanyi
•  23rd Aug 2020

​​ Find A Job Contact Us New leadership challenges corporate leaders face in 2022The last two years have thrown many challenges, one of which is the way we lead.T...

•  Victoria Butt
•  14th Aug 2020

​Product Role LevelsFor a comprehensive list of roles across Product Management and Development, including the key responsibilities, competencies , skills and exp...

•  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

​ Find A Job Contact Us Parity Consulting has just released the 2020 Salary Guide & Insights across Marketing, Communications, and Digital roles within the financ...

•  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 who are ...

•  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! ...

•  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
•  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...

•  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...

•  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

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

Find A Job Contact Us 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 s...

•  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...

•  Mirjana Males
•  25th 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
•  16th 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 17.9%...

•  Victoria Butt
•  31st May 2016

​Ever wondered what Product Management is exactly?​Download our one page summary for your one-stop guide!

•  Jodi Garratt
•  31st May 2016

Ever wondered what Marketing is exactly?​Download our one page summary for a starters guide!

•  Agnes Villanyi
•  15th Jan 2016

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

•  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...