Career Confidence

“Currently, there are nearly 500,000 women over the age of 45 in Australia facing homeless. If you’re a single mother who rents, there is a 65% chance you will become homeless in your lifetime”Want to be the first to know when a new episode drops? 👇Hey SHC Community,Welcome to this week’s episode with Amy Efstathis on the Sisterhood Club Podcast. Amy is the Partnerships and Fundraising Manager for Code Like a Girl.Code Like a Girl is a collective of women who found each other through a love of code. And the more women in tech they meet, the more women in tech they think there should be. But with only 16%* of technologists being women, they've come up short. That's why Code Like a Girl's social enterprise is on a mission to introduce women of all ages and backgrounds to code, confident that they'll love it as much as we do.Amy is a passionate advocate for women and women's equity. Helping women to be the best people they can be and to have a say in their own lives.She's been working for cause-related organisations for 15 years and when Code Like a Girl advertised the Fundraising and Partnerships Manager role, she jumped at it, knowing she was getting to work with "inspirational women every day."Amy’s passion is driven by the following:* Staggering statistics around women getting left behind (across all areas)* The fact that half a million women in Australia over the age of 45 are facing homelessness.“If you're a single mother who rents and works part-time, there is a 65% chance that you will become homeless in your lifetime.”In the podcast, Amy explains that this is due to a myriad of reasons, including;* Women making certain career choices* Unaffordable housing* Superannuation* Putting care of others before themselves“Women have systemically been excluded from careers like technology, but this is where people's incomes are growing substantially and significantly."In technology, we need to fill 60,000 roles per year for the next few years. With only 7,000 people coming out of University each year, there is a massive gap in the market. Technology is a future-proof career to help women solidify their future economic state and ensure lifelong financial stability. However, we don't go into it because we're told: it's for boys, and it's entirely not".The Technology industry is growing so fast that we have a talent drought; organisations are becoming more intelligent, more flexible and welcoming to women and diverse individuals because they realise it needs a more diverse talent pool.The reason girls don't often move into technology is that caring is a traditionally feminine trait. “After all, little girls want to be someone - they fall into care careers because their first role model is usually their mothers or carers.” Little girls embody the people they see around them in their play because it's usually their mother, grandmother and Aunties.Recent advice from more prominent technology companies like AWS, ANZ, 99 Designs, and EY has said that "skills aren't as important as an attitude - but having the attitude of a lifelong learner is."We finish the podcast by discussing the money that having a career in technology can provide."We get to live a life by our design if money isn't an issue - money gives us power and control over our own lives."Our conversation on today's podcast was full of great topics and questions, including:💜 What are the main barriers of entry to technology for women to enter technology jobs?💜 What can mothers do if they have young girls to get them curious about coding?💜 Why women don't need to be a "coder" to have a job in technology.💜 What can businesses be doing to attract more females into technology?💜 Advice for women looking for a new challenge or a career move into technology.We hope you enjoy today’s episode as much as we did.Georgie and Pam x________________________________________________________________________Connect with Amy & Code Like a Girl:InstagramCode Like A Girl________________________________________________________________________Join our Sisterhood Club CommunityJoin the conversation on Discord 💜Follow us on Instagram 👋Come and say hi on Twitter 🐥Learn more about us on our website 👯________________________________________________________________________Connect with GeorgieLinkedIn | InstagramConnect with PamLinkedIn | InstagramJoin the SHC Community 💜 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit newsletter.sisterhoodclub.io

"Men own 90% of NFTs, and 81% of crypto is owned by men meaning all the investment coming into web3 feeds their interests. We need women to come in so that capital can go towards building things that women care about, NFTs for fashion, travel, beauty, family and health."Michelle is the Co-Founder and CEO of Mavion;A web3.0 solution delivering an endless flow of scarcity and authenticity through its unique platform that fully integrates and certifies physical and digital goods. It's a first of its kind fashion NFT that combines physical fashion accessories such as earrings, rings, necklaces and bags with digital assets—driving revenue for both the NFT holders and independent designers.Michelle is an incredible entrepreneur, having founded multiple businesses, including Accessory Junkie and WAGMI NFT.Michelle was also one of the founding members of MyBFF, a very successful, sold-out NFT project.We had absolute fun speaking with Michelle in today's episode, and we know you will get many takeaways from it.The main highlights:💜 Creating generational wealth using NFTs💜 How can women get ahead when working, studying or caring for a family member? 💜 Why IRL (in real life) events create a safe space for women to explore web3 and NFTs further.💜 How NFTs will be integrated into our lives.💜 The difference between NFTs (Non-fungible Tokens) and SBTs (Soul-Bound Tokens)💜 How technology opens up greater future opportunities for women.💜 How we can compensate people without prejudice.💜 Advice for people wanting to start a project.________________________________________________________________________Connect with Michelle:InstagramMavion.World________________________________________________________________________Join our Sisterhood Club CommunityJoin the conversation on Discord 💜Follow us on Instagram 👋Come and say hi on Twitter 🐥Learn more about us on our website 👯________________________________________________________________________Connect with GeorgieLinkedIn | InstagramConnect with PamLinkedIn | InstagramReady to join the inner circle? Subscribe to the Sisterhood Club newsletter 💜 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit newsletter.sisterhoodclub.io

Lacey Filipich helps people become financially independent and reclaim their lives.    Thousands worldwide have used my Money School courses to liberate themselves from debt, start saving and investing, and raise financially capable kids. We are incredibly excited to announce that Money School courses will be included in the Sisterhood School.   Money School is also the title of Lacey's non-fiction book, out with Penguin Life.    Lacey graduated as valedictorian from The University of Queensland with an Honours degree in Chemical Engineering. If you want to find out how a chemical engineer ends up teaching people about money, be sure also to check out her TED Talk   Lacey is also the winner of a 2019 Business News '40 under 40' Award.   Having financial independence makes Lacey "time rich" so that she now chooses how she spends her time. We are grateful to be speaking with her today.   Here is a part of what we discussed and asked Lacey today:   How both of Lacey's parents were role models when it came to her finances  How can people be aware of the marketing and ensure we make the right decisions to move us forward and not get stuck or even fall into debt? How can financial stress play a crucial role in our IQ resulting in worse career and relationship choices?   "When we feel poor, we make bad decisions, and often those decisions keep us poor."   What is a "mini-retirement" and what it can mean for young people." How do people begin the plan of starting a mini-retirement? What is your hope for the women going through Money School as a part of the Sisterhood Club? What are the three rules of Money School, and how are all the rules included within the Sisterhood School? Why we shouldn't be ignoring Cryptocurrency and the power of Blockchain technology.     ________________________________________________________________________   Connect with Lacey: Website - https://www.moneyschool.org.au LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/laceyjfilipich/   ________________________________________________________________________   Join our Sisterhood Club Community in Discord 💜 https://discord.com/invite/mMvXjYpbjW     Follow us on Instagram 👋 https://instagram.com/sisterhoodclub_nft     Come and say hi on Twitter 🐥 https://twitter.com/Sisterhoodclub_     Learn more about us on our website 👯 https://www.sisterhoodclub.io/     Connect with Georgie LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiehubbard/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit newsletter.sisterhoodclub.io

"(Technology has) been such a bro club the last 15 years, and even more so now, so it's refreshing to see young women like yourself coming into this space. The cost of not doing so is greater than that of doing so. Let's talk about how exciting it is for women right now (to get into the Web3, Metaverse and NFT space)"   Today it was an absolute privilege to sit down with Liza Boston, a Web 3.0 Venture Investor, Metaverse Entrepreneur, NFT Artist and Poet.   We discussed the importance of why we need to encourage more women to enter the world of web3 and how she feels just as passionate and energised as she did at the beginning of Web 2.0   Here is a snapshot of what we spoke about in today's episode:    How can we encourage more young women into the world of technology. Why do women only see 2% of VC money? What did Liza learn from rubbing shoulders with many of the tech leaders of Web2? Including Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page and Sergey Brin. How does Liza explain the Metaverse, Web3 and NFTs to newbies? Why do all businesses need to be thinking about a Web 3.0 strategy? How we have to work together and co-create this new world of web 3.0    Liza is an early stage, women-led VC Angel investor passionate about Web 3.0, NFT, DAO, Crypto, VR, XR, AI and gaming projects. Liza is also an artist, poet, film-maker, storyteller, and passionate advocate for the creator economy. There has been no greater time in the history of the world to make more Art: art-making is a subversive political process; it is urgent and high on Liza’s global agenda. Liza has designed, founded, led and scaled high-tech, hi-growth companies and creative projects in Australia, the UK, the USA and the North Pole, where she also swam with a Walrus. Liza is an innovation junkie and has her own suite of global technology patents, original songs and live performances. Liza toured the world as the founder, CEO and Chairman of a revolutionary live music platform (Soundhalo), launched in London with a suite of top50 bands and broadcast live to 196 countries in real-time, from patent beta concept and spearheading a disruptive global operation to the delight of shareholders, fans, top 50 artists, labels, telco giants and consumer brand partners.   ________________________________________________________________________   Connect with Liza LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/liza-boston-a607438/   ________________________________________________________________________   Join our Sisterhood Club Community in Discord 💜 https://discord.com/invite/mMvXjYpbjW     Follow us on Instagram 👋 https://instagram.com/sisterhoodclub_nft     Come and say hi on Twitter 🐥 https://twitter.com/Sisterhoodclub_     Learn more about us on our website 👯 https://www.sisterhoodclub.io/     Connect with Georgie LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiehubbard/     Connect with Pam LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caldwellpamela/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit newsletter.sisterhoodclub.io

Rania Awad is a mother, wife, founder, and successful entrepreneur.   Rania spent her first 11 years in a war zone in Lebanon in survival mode.   When the moment to leave arrived, she flew to Sydney. Landing in Australia, she couldn't believe it.    The first thought in her mind was, "gosh, tonight I'm just going to sleep, and I'm not going to be woken up by the sounds of bullets or bombs."   The early years were formative for Rania, and she developed an attitude of "what is the worst that could happen?"   Taking risks and dreaming big was something that didn't scare her.   At the age of 24, she started a Pharmacy and grew it into a well-respected multi-million dollar business.   She created one of the first-ever online pharmacies heading down the exciting e-commerce, technology, and digital path.   That business was acquired by Pharmacy-4-less, which she helped to take into the UK, US and China Markets, growing the company from zero to 16 million in 3 years.   Rania is now the CEO and founder of Digital Smoothie, a group of passionate creators and problem solvers in marketing, design, process optimisation, plus much more.   There are many great takeaways from today's conversation, and we know you will love it! ________________________________________________________________________   Connect with Rania LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rania-awad-34944343/   Digital Smoothie - https://www.digitalsmoothie.com.au/   ________________________________________________________________________   Join our Sisterhood Club Community in Discord 💜 https://discord.com/invite/mMvXjYpbjW     Follow us on Instagram 👋 https://instagram.com/sisterhoodclub_nft     Come and say hi on Twitter 🐥 https://twitter.com/Sisterhoodclub_     Learn more about us on our website 👯 https://www.sisterhoodclub.io/     Connect with Georgie LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiehubbard/     Connect with Pam LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caldwellpamela/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit newsletter.sisterhoodclub.io