Read about some of the fantastic connections that some of our students and businesses have made.
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, …
Nicholas Williams is a graduate business analyst at Optus. We initially met Nicholas at a UTS mentorship event, and was drawn to how he kick-started his career – from dropping out of university, then re-enrolling a few years later, to hustling a few unpaid jobs in between and now doing very well as a business …
Student triumph in the HealthTech startup space. Tessa Atkinson and Wanngi – UX/UI & Marketing Just a year shy of graduating from a Bachelor of IT and Multimedia at Griffith University, self-confessed geek and social media enthusiast, Tessa Atkinson, attended Ribit’s Fishburners speed-networking event. Successfully, she secured herself a role with Brisbane-based medtech startup, Wanngi …
Case Study: Austin & his Ribit Journey Student: Austin Wilshire and iRecruit – Systems Engineer, Tanda Austin Wilshire attended a Ribit speed networking event in Queensland and his career took off from there. Hear from Austin what he attributes his success to, how his experience with Ribit shaped his career and the advice he offers …
Mindhive is the world’s first crowdsourced consultancy platform. Founder Bruce Muirhead and his team used Ribit to find the right young talent to grow their business. Diversity of thought is vital for success in today’s disruptive landscape and integral to the Mindhive value proposition. So naturally, the choice to hire students through Ribit was an …
Arslan Nizami, Masters Electronic & Energy Engineering, at Griffith University. Student internships at Radspec, and Talentvine. It has been one year since international student Arslan Nizami graduated from Griffith University with a Masters Degree in Electronic and Energy Engineering and already it has been quite a ride. He is currently employed at Radspec in Brisbane as …
Internships take this engineering student to a whole new frequency Read More »
Julian Blair, UNSW, Commerce, Financial Economics and Computer Science Julian Blair is in the final semester of a double degree in Commerce and Financial Economics and Computer Science at UNSW. Just back recently from Seattle, he has been working at Microsoft HQ as a software developer on their Business Development team, a journey which began with …
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 …
Employer: Fintech Australia Student: Rehan Dalmeida, Macquarie University, MBA Rehan Dalmeida has been working for at Fintech Australia, the national association for the Fintech industry, for almost a year now. Fintech Australia supports the Fintech community through advocacy, government lobbying, support, education and network development. The international MBA student, now in his final year at …
Dispatch from the match: Rehan and Fintech Australia Read More »
Lakshmi Balasubramani was in the final semester of her Masters in Actuarial Studies at UNSW, when she received an invitation to an Ribit internship networking opportunity, “Fintern Fever”, which was being held at Stone & Chalk, a fintech and regtech innovation hub and co-working space. It was November 2015 and little did she realise how …
Dispatch from the Match: from Intern to Analyst now Innovator Read More »
