Looking to attend events as a studio for the first time? Before you start check out our indie developers survival guide.
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When it comes to streamer influencers, bigger is not always better.
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Like your tinder profile, you only have a few seconds to make a good impression with your Steam page. We have some tips on how to start your store front off on the right foot.
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For Elias Software’s Måns Ortner, moving from his career as a session and studio engineer into video games was a dream come true for this avid gamer. Getting to work with the sound design on Hazelight Studio’s A Way Out was a great experience but also a big challenge. A challenge that made him envision a better workflow for sound designers and led to the creation of Elias 4.
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From cinematic music composition to leading audio for video game development, Elias Software’s Martin Barreby breaks down his career and explains how developers make users feel like what they are hearing is made directly for their experiences.
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Looking to crowdfunding to help take your indie project to the next level? It can result in the right support to finish your game, but it’s not as easy as it seems.
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There used to be a time when artificial intelligence and machine learning were reserved for science fiction.
While those concepts may be hard to imagine for many still today, researchers like those at the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (AMII) and other such start-ups have been transforming the province into a leader in data-driven innovation.
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While the Turnbull government’s recent announcement that they are axing the 457 Visa program has federal officials calling it a victory for Australian workers, Associate Professor Mohan Thite of the Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing believes the decision is short-sighted.
“Cracking a whip to make sure businesses only hire locals is more of a political statement than a pragmatic one because it assumes employers want to hire overseas workers rather than locals, which is simply not true,” said Thite.
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After finishing high school in 1974, Kim Ball applied for to become a cadet hydrographer. She was accepted into the program, but her excitement was soon turned into disappointment when she was asked to call back to arrange details.
“I remember that day, I rang the office, and a woman answered, and I said this is Kim Ball responding,” she said.
“There was complete silence for quite awhile on the other end, and finally she said oh my goodness you’re a girl. I’m terribly sorry dear we’re going to have to withdraw the offer.”
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TERRI Weatherly reflects on her path down her rugby league history with pride.
“I was very sporting when I was in primary school, and the boys on the oval all played rugby league, and a few of us girls would join in,” Weatherly said.
“I remember when I was in Year 7 begging our town councillor if she can help us out trying to get a girls rugby league team. From there I had a passion.”
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An investigation into the experiences of nurses exposed to shift work is shining new light on coping strategies health care workers go through, and is emphasising the importance of strong front-line management.
Griffith University’s Jane Gifkins, under the supervision of the Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing’s Rebecca Loudoun, published the research as a result of her master’s research.
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The Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing’s Director Professor Adrian Wilkinson has just released A very short, fairly interesting and reasonably cheap book about employment relations, a new book that he co-wrote with colleagues Tony Dundon (University of Manchester) and Niall Cullihane (Queens, Belfast), but it is not like any of his publications before.
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When it comes to organisational values, Bruce Highfield of Olam International (pictured right) believes they hold a deeper meaning for companies than some may think.
“I think in the beginning most organisations felt that they needed to placate the HR department and find some words to stick on the wall, but I think we’ve moved on from there,” Highfield said at the co-hosted WOW/ GBS Alumni Breakfast and Networking Series on Thursday (10 August).
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It has been less than a month since the Fair Work Commission’s (FWC) decision to cut Sunday and public holiday penalty rates for hospitality, retail, and fast food employees, and the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) along with the federal Labor party are still fighting against the ruling.
In a case that dragged on for more than a year, the FWC took in nearly 6-thousand submissions and evidence from various expert witnesses. The reasoning for decision is that it will allow businesses in those industries to increase employment overall on Sundays and public holidays, a conclusion that Professor David Peetz of the Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing does not share.
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A new book co-edited by the Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing’s Glenda Strachan, foundation member Kaye Broadbent and Geraldine Healy of Queen Mary University of London is shining a new light on the issues of gender and professions in the 21st century.
“The professions in Australia and internationally traditionally encompassed occupations which were male only, so things like medicine and law,” Professor Strachan said.
“We wanted to look at a range of professions in a range of locations and see how women were fairing when working in these professions.”
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As Australians and future hopeful visa holders are watching carefully as the Federal government prepares to announce details on what will replace the abolished 457 visa program, Professor Kate Hutchings of the Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing says it comes at a time where we need to re-think about what international work looks like in the country.
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According to a recent Gallup poll, only 14% of employees in Australia and New Zealand feel they are engaged with their workplace, which is a 10% drop from a similar poll in 2012. This significant decline has HR practitioners in the country wondering what the cause is, and what can be done to stop it.
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The idea of being able to deal with stress and mental health issues in the workplace is not a new concept to researchers and academics, but according to Dr Amanda Biggs of the Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing, the stigma for the average worker is still very real.
“Admitting to feeling stressed at the lowest level up to admitting that you have experienced mental illness is highly stigmatised,” Dr Biggssaid.
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Redcliffe are hoping their hard work all season long will be enough to beat the first-placed Souths Logan on Sunday, as they prepare to battle it out at the Dolphin Oval for a shot at the Mal Meninga Cup grand final.
“All competition and all season we’ve focused on the fundamentals of the game, making sure that we are very good with those,” Dolphins coach Chris Little said.
“We know what we’re up against when it comes to the quality of opposition and we’ll just be putting our best foot forward.”
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