Rejected Or Selected

In this episode we are joined by Natalie Ludwig of Plant With Willow. Natalie has a strong background in tech sales and tech recruitment, plying her trade in her native land of Germany, then London and now in Perth, Western Australia. She speaks to us candidly about her experience in getting her head around Australian corporate culture and the differences between where she currently resides, and Europe, particularly as someone who speaks English as a second language.

Welcome to The Shortlist, a shorter, leaner bi-weekly version of Rejected or Selected. Our first guest in this special series, is Cherie Burgett from MM ISAC, who tells her journey from military spouse and stay at home mother, to cyber security intelligence.

Meet this month's guest, Max Power... erm, we mean, meet Tony Hagan, host of the Max's Island Podcast and mentor at Avivo. How did a podcast ever get the name Max's Island? Well, you'll need to listen in to find out.

This month's episode provides some colourful commentary from our special guest, Iain Dickson. Like our co-host Simon, Iain studied to be a former teacher and landed himself in the realm of cyber security, where he's been for quite a while. Iain has built a strong presence on LinkedIn and despises the term "though leader" and "influencer" even though he does influence a lot of people's thoughts and opinions within the sector, but he does so in a selfless and comedic manner.

In our second episode, Deany and Simon are joined by global cultural strategist, Dr Tanya Finney to continue the discussion on the recent pushback against DEI hiring policies.

In this first ever episode of Rejected or Selected our (non-expert) hosts stumble through a robust discussion of the recent US-led pushback on DEI hiring policies and what this means for diversity and inclusion in the Australian business landscape.Also note, Simon is not a horse and no horses were harmed in the making of this episode.