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Scroll through the articles below to explore insights, case studies, and interviews created for, and by, the TA Community.

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Matthew Lant took time out of his busy schedule as Head of Recruitment and Employer Brand at the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) to answer 3 quick questions about getting started in talent and his upcoming session at ATC2024: Unified Hiring: how we redefined AFCA's needs and aligned Hiring Leaders. 
Get ready for one of the most highly anticipated sessions of every ATC Conference - the Innovation Lab lets the Australian Talent Community see and explore the emerging and game-changing Talent Technology set to impact how you hire. Co-hosted by ATC and Hays, this year’s finalists will pitch live on stage at ATC2024 at Fed Square where the audience will determine the winner.
We asked Nina Pollard, Head of P&C - Corporate Functions at Coles, 3 quick questions and she came back with 3 quick (and insightful!) answers.  Find out what Nina thinks about career, making moves, and Melbourne before she takes the stage at ATC2024.
This week in Talent: cleaning up a hot mess talent function, using a customer journey to convince the higher-ups to change an ugly user experience. Why creating personas was a game-changer in analysing a talent experience and more.
Last night, Melbourne rolled out the red carpet for the Internal Talent Awards (ITAs), shining a spotlight on the brightest stars in the talent acquisition industry. It was an unforgettable evening packed with applause, excitement, and well-deserved recognition of innovation and excellence. The team at ATC sends a huge congratulations to all the finalists—what a fierce competition. Dive into the full list of winners below and see who claimed top spots in this glittering celebration of talent.
A group of children in a drama class
Parents sometimes ask: what’s the point of drama class? Many want their children to choose elective subjects, especially in Year 12, that parents think will help them get into university and establish a career. This is despite the fact work possibilities are wide open for the average 17 year-old, who is likely to have a range of jobs and careers over their lifetime.
Jody Smith editor This Week in Talent
This Week in Talent: We welcome back Jody Smith to the editor seat, who brings us an intro to Human Centred Design (HCD) thinking, a bunch of design tools and resources you should bookmark, and Jody’s recommendation of which ATC Events session to attend if HCD is your jam.
A woman lying in bed. her phone is beside her
It has received a lot of attention since the law was introduced to parliament, but what does new the "Right to Disconnect " mean for workplaces, and what does it mean for TA?
This might seem like quite a dull affair, but for the world of finance, it’s a blockbuster event. Investors watch on with bated breath, and company share prices can move dramatically with the announcements. And it has big implications for the rest of us, too. Here’s why earnings season is so important, and how to make sense of all the noise.
Jo Vohland sat down with Trevor Churchley, Founder & MD of Talentology, to discuss how the TA/Agency relationship should be modelled, agency recruiter pricing structures, how to manage candidate experience in an agency environment, ageism in IT, and much more. 
This week in Talent: how to make part-time TA work for you, how to win the productivity prize, what does scrapping the traditional 9-5 working hours mean for women?, increasing disability employment to boost economy by billions, Hunger Games hits the Aussie jobs market, and more!