PhD students want jobs in business, not universities
University PhD graduates are leaving academia in droves and looking for jobs in the private sector and government.
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Digital disrupters snapping up PhD graduates
New research based on LinkedIn data has for the first time broken down the PhD job market, revealing that innovative young high-growth companies are large employers of people with doctorates.
Avenue to jobs for TAFE students
The CSIRO’s Data61 has signed up TAFE Digital, the large online education arm of TAFE NSW, to a partnership which will help its students find internships and jobs. TAFE Online students will be able to sign up to the Ribit.net job matching platform run by Data61 to be data matched to available positions in emerging areas such as …
New collaboration helps bridge the tech skills gap
TAFE Digital, Australia’s largest online education provider, and Ribit.net, a student jobs-matching platform, which is part of CSIRO’s Data61 have announced a collaboration that will help connect TAFE Digital students to Australian startups and innovative companies offering jobs and work experience in emerging areas such as big data analytics, cybersecurity, fintech, medtech and artificial intelligence.
Fintern Fever: job in 5 minutes, if you’re lucky
The bell rings, interviews wrap up and students move on, making way for those who are next in line to have five minutes with a potential employer. Last week, 120 students were “speed dating” with 20 startup companies at the Sydney Startup Hub in the CBD, looking for the employer who could offer them the …
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Student work placements: business, universities must help
There have been recent reports of companies offering unpaid internships to students for a fee and students paying up to $1000 for a placement. Should university students be expected to pay for work experience with business? We need to ask why is this happening and what can we do about it.
A digital matchmaker for students and the tech industry? Liz Jakubowski made it happen
We’re told all the time about the shortage of employment opportunities for university graduates. It’s statistically true, but there’s also a hidden problem: A disconnect between business and universities. It was this problem that Liz Jakubowski first identified before conceptualising a way to fix it.
Graduates find Ribit’s ‘speed-dating’ with employers an effective way to land a job
A speed-dating service that connects smart data-driven engineers, scientists and communicators to businesses is changing the relationship between students and start-ups, making it easier for both sides to eye up a potential partner.
Universities should view startup students as future donors
Universities have been urged to view funding for startup accelerators and incubators as having long-term benefits, rather than worrying about their immediate return on investment.
Students leap-frogging into jobs with Ribit and Study Brisbane
Having been a year since our last speed networking event in Brisbane, we were ripe for a return! And what a return!