👋 Hello!

Welcome to the third edition of The Early Impact, the newsletter that provides you with news, updates and resources on how to build your career as an emerging professional.

This month was a busy one for me with lots of different things going on, and I’d be lying if I said I didn’t leave this somewhat to the last minute, but I’ve still got a couple of good gems in here.

…so here’s the content I found throughout April!

Let’s get into it!

📰 News & Updates

The monthly roundup of emerging professional news and updates

• Graduate jobs market comes off the boil (AFR)

• Workplaces getting creative in trying to lure staff back into the office with extra leave, free lunch and more (ABC)

• Job seekers refuse to meet employers in person (AFR)

• Gen Z bosses redefine workplaces with crystals and gratitude journals (AFR)

📑 Publications

Useful references, documents, and sources

• LinkedIn Top Companies 2024: The 25 best workplaces to grow your career in Australia (LinkedIn)

• Unstable employment while you’re young can set you up for a wage gap later in life – even if you eventually land full-time work (The Conversation)

• Office gossip isn’t just idle chatter. It’s a valuable – but risky – way to build relationships (The Conversation)

📢 Opportunities

Limited-time career paths, educational scholarships, and professional growth opportunities that can shape your future

• Devpost [various hackathons here] (Devpost)

• Tech Council’s Virtual Work Experience (Tech Council)

• Westpac Youth Challenge [age 16-21] (Westpac)

• Data Science Case Competitions (Kaggle)

• Find your passion. Join a community. Explore new hobbies. (Career Diary)

🗓️ Events

Online and In-Person events for progressing your career

• Career Ready Series - Session 2: Effective Networking (Microsoft)

• Build Club [Multiple events listed here] (Build Club)

• QPay: Discover and join university clubs and events [Multiple events listed here] (QPay)

• Sydney AI, Data and Tech Events [Multiple events listed here] (Syd Events)

• Melbourne AI, Data and Tech Events [Multiple events listed here] (Mel Events)

🧠 Thought Leadership

Expertise, insight, opinions and experience in careers

• Women of Influence share their tips for young female leaders today (AFR)

• The five secrets of workplace success (AFR)

• An expensive education is no guarantee of academic, career success (AFR)

• Great work: Gen Z’s anti-hustle ethos may hurt their careers (AFR)

• The four steps that change your behaviour - and achieve goals (AFR)

• Boost Career Development with These 7 Steps (LinkedIn)

• Your Career Doesn’t Need to Have a Purpose (HBR)

• 3 Career-Building Strategies for an Increasingly Complex World of Work (HBR)

• How To Find A Job That Makes You Happy (Forbes)

🛠️ Featured Tool

One great career tool you need

Interview Warmup is a tool that lets anyone practice answering interview questions to get more confident and comfortable with the interview process. Your answers are transcribed in real-time so you can review what you said and discover patterns in your responses.

It’s a quick way to prepare for your next interview in cybersecurity, data analytics, IT support, project management, UX design, and more.

🃏Quick Extra

A bonus from me

If you’re looking to be more productive in your life, I recommend checking out Ali Abdaal’s YouTube channel. He’s a doctor turned entrepreneur and the world’s most-followed productivity expert, and he explores evidence-based strategies and tools that can help you be more productive and build a life that you love.

He covers various topics like studying, finances, careers, books, entrepreneurship, business and more, so check him out!

…and that’s all for this month’s edition of The Early Impact. Feel free to hit 'reply' and let me know how I did!

Cheers,

Noah

P.S. I post on LinkedIn biweekly about cybersecurity, emerging technology, careers, and learning & development.