Is there a way to scale a good decision so that it works not just for your business, but for society?
In our new podcast Getting it Right, we’re turning to the people who have the answers.
Getting it Right is all about hiring, buying, working with purpose and creating inclusive workplaces.
You’ll meet industry leaders who’ve gone above and beyond to provide opportunities for those who need them. You’ll also hear from the people who took those opportunities and ran with them.
Inclusive employment and social procurement is ultimately about people–and in Getting it Right, you’ll hear real people’s stories, you’ll learn the benefits of being curious and looking in the right places, and you’ll get ideas about how you can buy and hire with purpose.
Season 1: Host and former Socceroos captain Craig Foster mobilised his profile as a career footballer to start a career in human rights activism. And for Craig, social procurement was the key to unlocking one of his most successful activism endeavors to date.
Season 2: Host Rae Johnston gives you real-world skills and practical tips to create a more dynamic and diverse workforce; Rae unpacks the hiring processes that work and guides you on best-practice principles for recruiting.
Getting it Right; a Jobsbank (https://jobsbank.org.au/) podcast, produced by Deadset Studios (https://www.deadsetstudios.com/)
Code-switching – Why some employees feel the need to “play a role” at work
Code-switching is changing the way you talk, act, and dress to fit into a culture – but it can have a harsh impact on your employees. Find out how to spot it happening and what you can do to fix it.
10 Sept 2023
Mentor makeover – How to make it work for you
Uncover simple steps which ensure your mentoring model is working for everyone.
3 Sept 2023
Breaking down barriers – How to spot bias and remove it from your workplace
There are probably barriers peppered throughout every level of your organisation. Find out simple strategies to re-structure your policies to remove bias from your workplace.
27 Aug 2023
The view from the top – How to change the face of your leadership team
Strategies and steps you can take reflect the diversity of our community in your leadership board.
20 Aug 2023
How to avoid ‘all the gear and no idea’ in hiring
Are your new hires actually job ready? Hayden Heta, managing director for Wamarra, will give you top tips on tailoring your induction program
13 Aug 2023
A spring clean for your bias – how to dump hiring stereotypes
Unlock strategies to remove unconscious bias and cleanse your organisation of hiring stereotypes.
6 Aug 2023
How a diversity manager can re-shape your organisation
If your aim is to create a dynamic, diverse workforce it makes sense to employ someone to pioneer that change.
A Diversity and Inclusion role specifically helps foster a space where your workforce can feel motivated, happy and engaged.
But it’s not just thinking about the people who currently work for your organisation. This role sets your company up to attract your future workforce.
Dr Theresa Smith Ruig is a Diversity and Inclusion specialist for Ignis Consulting. She gives you practical tips on policies, strategies and initiatives you can implement to ensure your diverse workforce is thriving.
Find out why you need this game-changing role within your organisation.
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Getting It Right is a Jobsbank podcast, produced by Deadset Studios (https://www.deadsetstudios.com/) and hosted by Rae Johnston.
Find your downloadable Getting It Right Guide here (https://adobe.ly/3s0H5vI); plus plenty more handy resources to help you on inclusive hiring at the Jobsbank Resource Centre (https://jobsbank.org.au/resources/delivering/).
CREDITS
Host: Rae Johnston
Deadset Studios executive producers: Kellie Riordan, Ann Chesterman, Rachel Fountain
Deadset Studios producer: Luci McAfee
Sound design: Scott Stronach
We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the land on which this show was made.
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30 Jul 2023
Same vs fair – Why a one-size-fits-all approach is outdated
When it comes to inclusive procurement, treating every candidate the same isn’t always fair. Different people have different needs. Unlock the practical steps you can take to build a fair recruitment structure.
19 Jul 2023
Flex your muscle: How to create a truly flexible workplace
Discover the tips and tricks to designing a flexible workplace.
18 Jul 2023
Put away the shopping list – The ingredients for your next job ad
How to write an inclusive job ad that connects with the applicants you need.
18 Jul 2023
Season 2 – Your inclusive hiring starter pack
Season 2 of Getting It Right gives you real-world skills and practical tips to create a more dynamic and diverse workforce. Find out how to remove the barriers that lock some people out of the workforce.
21 Feb 2023
Putting the ‘social’ in ‘social enterprise’ - how an arts studio educates and connects women in need
Social enterprises operate first and foremost to provide opportunities to those in need.
One way they can do so is in the name itself: by providing social connection.
The Social Studio (https://thesocialstudio.org/) in Collingwood does exactly that by providing education and teaching opportunities to refugee women from a wide range of backgrounds. CEO Dewi Cooke details how the Studio’s free fashion school not only provides refugee women a path to a meaningful and satisfying career, but also fosters social connections for its students and teachers.
Teacher and student Muhubo Sulieman shares her experience since joining the studio, including her first exhibition at a gallery, showcasing work inspired by her early life in Somalia.
Hear how Dewi, Muhubo and the Social Studio connect diverse communities in the latest episode of Getting it Right with Craig Foster.
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Getting it Right is a Jobsbank (https://jobsbank.org.au/) podcast, produced by Deadset Studios (https://www.deadsetstudios.com/), hosted by Craig Foster.
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8 Feb 2023
From the inside out – how one social enterprise helps people design a career after prison
When Phoebe was released from prison, she got busy looking for work, submitting applications for dozens of jobs in her quest to start life afresh.
But as she applied for jobs in a competitive job market, Phoebe’s passion for creativity, her university degrees and her experience as a graphic designer were no match for the stigma of a prison stint.
That is, until she came across one social enterprise creative agency - Green Fox Studio. (https://greenfoxstudio.com.au/)
Hear Phoebe’s story, and how the business model works for Green Fox Studio, who are offering women a career path that starts before they even leave prison, in the latest episode of Getting it Right with Craig Foster.
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Getting it Right is a Jobsbank (https://jobsbank.org.au/) podcast, produced by Deadset Studios (https://www.deadsetstudios.com/), hosted by Craig Foster.
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18 Jan 2023
Profit is not a dirty word – classic social enterprise traps and how to avoid them
A social enterprise might have the very best of intentions and even the very best ideas, but those intentions and ideas don't amount to much if the enterprise goes broke.
You’ll have a hard time making an impact when you’ve got a perfect solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.
So, when is ‘good for the world’ also ‘good for business’?
OC Connections’ Steve Betinsky spent the first part of his career in the corporate world before making the move into not-for-profits.
His mix of expertise means he can see the huge opportunities for social enterprises that others often don’t, and he knows exactly what to do to make the most of them.
In this episode of Getting it Right, Steve tells host Craig Foster about the “sudden jolt” that shifted his career and how he applies his corporate business experience to not-for-profit sustainability.
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Getting it Right is a Jobsbank (https://jobsbank.org.au/) podcast, produced by Deadset Studios (https://www.deadsetstudios.com/), hosted by Craig Foster.
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16 Nov 2022
Bringing it together – how a network of social enterprises multiplies impact
Social enterprises exist so that nobody has to go it alone – so why should those enterprises have to go it alone?
In Victoria, they don’t. Social Enterprise Network Victoria (SENVIC) was founded by pioneers who knew space couldn’t develop unless everyone was working together: sharing advice, collaborating, and helping each other make the most impact possible.
SENVIC’s CEO, Nick Verginis, knows the value small businesses can offer not only their customers and employees, but to each other. His grandparents all ran small businesses after coming to Australia from Greece and relied on other small businesses to make it work.
In the social enterprise space, this is even more important. Nick shares how enterprises can multiply each other’s impact by working together, and details how a strong network of enterprises creates a greater range of opportunities for its community.
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Getting it Right is a Jobsbank (https://jobsbank.org.au/) podcast, produced by Deadset Studios (https://www.deadsetstudios.com/), hosted by Craig Foster.
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2 Nov 2022
From park ranger to change maker — Building better futures for Aboriginal Australians with Wamarra co-founder Hayden Heta
Hayden Heta’s journey to founding his own construction company didn’t begin on a sawdust-covered worksite.
He was initially a park ranger, before moving into a government role, but it didn’t begin in the parks or the office, either. Instead, it was on the sidelines of the football field, where Hayden coached a team of men in their early 20s, that the idea really began to take shape.
After hearing repeatedly how his players were struggling to find work in construction, Hayden threw his own hat into the ring, and thus began Wamarra, a self-performing contractor connecting Aboriginal people with meaningful careers through long term and sustainable employment.
Hayden shares how his experience as a Wiradjuri man, park ranger and government employee inform his decision-making at Wamarra, and explains why understanding social procurement (and teaching others) is such an important first step.
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Getting it Right is a Jobsbank (https://jobsbank.org.au/) podcast, produced by Deadset Studios (https://www.deadsetstudios.com/), hosted by Craig Foster.
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19 Oct 2022
Welding from a wheelchair and running a mailroom team with AI — Mark Golotta’s unorthodox and rewarding career
Mark Golotta loved welding – he loved improving his craft and contributing to projects of all shapes and sizes. So, after narrowly surviving a motorcycle crash, the only thing on Mark’s mind during rehab was his return to work.
However, welding in a wheelchair is about as difficult as it sounds. Mark tried anyway, even after going bankrupt and being made redundant in favour of faster welders. With the help of Ability Works Australia, he managed to find employment again, but as the work grew more demanding and the projects became bigger and more unwieldy, Mark and Ability Works CEO Sue Boyce knew they needed a new plan.
The pair set about assessing Mark’s skills and passions in order to find work that better suited his new circumstances – and Mark now heads up his own team in an entirely different capacity.
In this episode of Getting it Right, host Craig Foster poses the question: how much more effective could your organisation be if you re-evaluated the skills of the people you already employ?
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Getting it Right is a Jobsbank (https://jobsbank.org.au/) podcast, produced by Deadset Studios (https://www.deadsetstudios.com/), hosted by Craig Foster.
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23 Sept 2022
Introducing... Getting it Right, with Craig Foster
When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021, former Socceroos captain Craig Foster’s phone started ringing off the hook.
The popular Australian footballer realised how lucky he’d been to follow his passion and had mobilised his enormous profile in the sporting and media world to become a human rights activist.
So when that phone started ringing, he started doing everything in his power to get as many Afghan women as possible out of the country, to safer ground in Australia.
The next round of phone calls were from major companies offering jobs and support for the newly arrived Afghan community. They secured jobs and training, and it opened Craig’s eyes to social procurement as the key to unlocking good outcomes for both the women and the employers.
If you’ve ever had someone take a chance on you, you’ll understand how important that open door can be. If you’re able to make new hires, sign off on contracts and write policies, it’s critical you're reaching the right people.
It’s critical you get it right.
Getting it Right is all about hiring, buying and working with purpose.
You’ll hear from industry leaders who’ve gone above and beyond to provide opportunities for those who need them – and you’ll hear from the people who took those opportunities and ran with them.
You’ll also learn how to create social impact through your supply chain from people who’ve been involved in the process.
Getting it Right is a Jobsbank (https://jobsbank.org.au/)podcast, produced by Deadset Studios, (https://www.deadsetstudios.com/) hosted by Craig Foster.
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