This document discusses several topics related to human resources. It profiles Alma Besserdin, founder of Wimmigrants of Australia, an organization that helps migrant women establish their careers and become leaders. Besserdin drew on over 25 years of experience in senior HR roles to establish Wimmigrants. She enjoys helping women learn and grow to achieve their full potential. The document also briefly mentions articles on digital fluency and gender equality, duty of care for traveling employees, and shifting from vendor management to partnerships.

1. HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR
HCAMAG.COM
ISSUE 14.12
INSIDE HR:
ACCENTURE
Is digital fluency
the key
to gender equality?
OUT OF SIGHT,
NOT OUT OF MIND
Your duty of care
to travelling
employees
A PERFECT
PARTNERSHIP
Shifting from vendor
management
to‘vendor partnerships’
Technology / L&D / Employment law /
Leadership development / Engagement
2016
YEAR IN
REVIEW
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REACHING OUT TO WOMEN IN NEED
HR has been the ideal profession to enable Alma Besserdin’s passion for helping
migrant women to take flight
WHEN ALMA Besserdin came to Australia
in the early 1990s, she was a lawyer with a
degree not recognised here.
“I did not have a professional coach or
a mentor. Even today, there are many
professional women and men who still have
this challenge,” she says.
Some of them are highly educated
professionals and don’t know what steps to
take to be successful; others settle for a
job below their abilities due to a lack of
confidence in pursuing better opportunities.
Prior to founding Wimmigrants of
Australia, Besserdin held senior executive
roles in leadership development, HR
management and change management, to
name a few. These included stints at Coles
and Energy Safe Victoria.
“HR skills are invaluable to running
Wimmigrants,” she says.
“For the last two and a half decades I’ve
been in senior executive roles, and I was able
to help organisations and people transform.”
Working at Wimmigrants involves helping
women establish their careers, and enabling
them to become leaders in their workplace
and communities.
It also includes helping them integrate
professionally and culturally into the
Australian workplace.
What does she enjoy most about this role?
“I love seeing other women learn and grow,
achieving their full potential.”
25Thenumberofyearsagothat
AlmaBesserdincametoAustralia
43%ThepercentageofAustralianswith
atleastoneparentbornoverseas
200+Thetotalnumberoflanguages
Australianscanspeak
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