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For students, being cooped up at home right now can be a stressful and overwhelming experience. Some of you may be feeling different emotions while others simply will struggle to adapt, get motivated, get organised or even know what they should be doing. Here are some tips and ideas to help you survive and hopefully …
The crisis we currently face with COVID-19 is having a major impact on business (of all sizes) across Australia. We will all need to make the best of it til life returns to ‘normal’ – whatever that will be in the future and however long it takes. Here are some more tips to help you …
For Business: How to minimise the impact of COVID-19 Read More »
With so many big corporates moving staff to work from home, we wondered what are start-ups doing? Given supply chains are so topical right now, we asked Brad Lorge, one of our good friends of Ribit, and CEO of fast-growing logistics company Premonition.io, how he has responded during this unforeseen pandemic. The 27 year-old is …
Brad’s top 5 tips for startups moving to work remotely during COVID-19 Read More »
You’ve all heard a lot about hard skills and soft skills or ‘human skills’ as some people prefer to call them. Sometimes it’s hard for students to demonstrate that they have the technical or professional skills for a role because they haven’t had the workplace experience. As well as these “hard skills” learned through your …
This year the theme for International Women’s Day is ‘Each for Equal’. On March 8 and all-year-round there is an increasing global focus on celebrating women’s achievements and increasing visibility while calling out inequality. At Ribit we are passionate about highlighting the benefits of inspiring women to explore education and careers in ESTEAM (Entrepreneurship, Science, …
As many business owners find, there’s no simple way to get motivated. Even though incentivising was once widely considered a magic productivity pill by managers everywhere — it’s not. Decades of research have consistently shown it has the opposite effect. So, what do we do instead? What we know In his talk on motivation, Career …
Three ways to engineer motivation in the workplace Read More »
As clichéd as it sounds, New Year resolutions can be useful to help you reflect on aspects of your life that you want to change or grow in the new year. As students, your aspirations are probably a mix of personal, academic and career ambitions. Many people try to kick-off their new year’s resolution from …
Five student resolutions to kick start your New Year Read More »
A recent study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, maps out the ‘personalities’ of around 3,500 jobs. It found different professions attract people with very different psychological characteristics. This research was a collaborative paper between Ribit’s research lead, Paul McCarthy, and researchers Peggy Kern from University of Melbourne and …
New map matches people’s and job’s personality traits Read More »
With the Fourth Industrial Revolution, also known as Industry 4.0, changing the way we live and how we work; it has been increasingly apparent that world leaders need to re-think the way they approach and do things in order to be successful in this new era. Welcome Industry 4.0 Competing on the Industry 4.0 global …
If you’re thinking of hiring a manager, it’s likely your company has entered a new phase. The decision may have been set into motion by a surge in business growth and the need for someone who can handle operations and mentoring in your place; there could have been an increase in pending decisions and employees …
