Topic : "Breaking the cultural mould - The key to a woman's career success"

Whilst women's representation in management in the public sector compares favourably with other similar countries, there has been no improvement in the private sector, and possibly a decline in representation since 1986, particularly in Australian companies not covered by the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act (1999)."
 
The latest report in Hudson's 20:20 Series seeks to discover the missing link in women's career success, and suggests that the phenomenon of 'gendered culture' in organisations has a highly constraining influence on the success of women in the workplace.   
 
Karen Connolly – Manager, Recruitment Services, Hudson
With responsibility for the managing the accounting team in Perth, Western Australia, Karen has over 14 years experience within the financial and general consulting fields. An accountant by profession, she spent 9 years in various senior financial positions consulting to national and international IT companies. In 1999, Karen’s career experienced a significant change when she moved away from hands-on accounting and she joined Hudson as a recruitment specialist.
 
Karen Coulter - Recruitment Specialist, Hudson
Karen has recently joined Hudson in Perth bringing with her 8 years recruitment expertise in the UK and The Netherlands. Karen's career began in 1996 where she specialised in the recruitment of IT&T professionals in the UK. In 1999, Karen moved to the Netherlands joining Lucent Technologies where she was responsible for the recruitment and management of all technical and executive staff for Lucent's European Network Operations Centre. Prior to her move to Hudson, Karen spent several years working within Michael Page's International team in Amsterdam.