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5 tips to keep your cross-functional team on track

More and more, we’re seeing businesses shift from hierarchical project management methods to team-orientated, agile structures. For many people, this can take some getting used to, so managing your cross-functional team effectively is crucial to your team’s success. What is a cross-functional team? A cross-functional team involves bringing together different people with a variety of …

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What’s a Web Developer and how to hire the right one

Blog, Business Advice

Web Development is a fast-growing, highly sought-after skill in today’s digital society. Since its birth at the end of the 20th century, the internet has grown massively. Billions of people access the internet every single day, from scrolling social media on their smartphones, to reading the news on their tablets, to researching their latest project …

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Advancing Australia’s Knowledge Economy: Who are the top PhD employers?

Blog, Business Advice, Student Advice

Advancing Australia’s Knowledge Economy: Who are the top PhD employers? The Australian PhD space has suffered from a persistent lack of data on graduate aims and outcomes. CSIRO Data61’s Ribit.net, Australia’s leading job-matching platform for university students, has partnered with AMSI to uncover where our PhD graduates are – and where they want to be. The …

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Worldview Exchange: Matched

Business Advice, Success Stories

In an increasingly conflicted and confusing media landscape the team at Worldview Exchange are building a platform to enable consumers to make better sense of the news, and themselves. Worldview Exchange came from the insight that, despite a real increase in choice of news media online, we are only getting fed content we’re likely to …

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3 Things To Know As An Intern

Business Advice, Networking Tips, Student Advice

Originally published by Lachlan Kirkwood I recently had the pleasure of taking on my very first digital marketing intern. Nearing the end of last year, a close friend of mine within the digital space introduced me to a student who was not only enthusiastic about digital marketing, but was also eager to improve her skillset prior …

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Disruption and Degrees: Is the Tassel Worth the Hassle?

Business Advice, Student Advice

Ribit’s Queensland Rep, Chris, contemplates the meaning of (employment) life… Will I even get a job? How do I position myself in this ever-changing job market? Is the tassel worth the hassle? *insert existential crisis here* Someone once told me that by the time an IT student graduates, over half of what they’ve learnt has …

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Ever thought about starting a business while studying? Bootstrapped thinks you should.

Business Advice, Student Advice

Bootstrapped is an online platform – that helps you build the skills you need to plan, start and manage a business. Check out their website here. Entrepreneurialism gives you the edge More and more grads are finding it challenging to secure a job in their chosen field because of limited opportunities to cultivate practical experiences. Consider a pathway …

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Startups & Businesses: Speed dating to uncover your next find

Business Advice

Student speed dating is that great moment when a flock of up and coming talent suddenly descends on your business.

With just minutes allocated to meeting and learning about each person, find out how you can build a rapport and be a brand they want to add to their resume.

Goin’ fishin’? Use the right bait

Business Advice

Distill your business needs into a job post which is succinct, engaging and most importantly, reels in the right talent.

7 things you didn’t know interns could do better than you

Business Advice

There’s always the stereotypical impression of the ‘barista’ intern, whose mission is to fetch coffee. But they’re actually pretty useful in ways that don’t involve optimising the office caffeine levels.

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5 tips to keep your cross-functional team on track

What’s a Web Developer and how to hire the right one

Advancing Australia’s Knowledge Economy: Who are the top PhD employers?

Worldview Exchange: Matched

3 Things To Know As An Intern

Disruption and Degrees: Is the Tassel Worth the Hassle?

Ever thought about starting a business while studying? Bootstrapped thinks you should.

Startups & Businesses: Speed dating to uncover your next find

Goin’ fishin’? Use the right bait

7 things you didn’t know interns could do better than you

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