99. Attracting and hiring top talent with Nick Birbilis

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About our guest, Nick Birbilis:

Nick Birbilis is an Australian engineer and academic. He is a Professor and Deputy Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the Australian National University. Nick works in the field of materials science and engineering, having made contributions in the area of materials design, materials durability, and materials characterization. Nick was the inaugural Woodside Innovation Chair at Monash University, where he directed the Woodside Innovation Centre in the areas of additive manufacturing (i.e. 3-D printing), rapid prototyping, materials durability, data science, analytics, and machine learning. 

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/profNickANU
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-birbilis-bb65a3a9/ 
• Nick’s Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Birbilis 
• Nick’d TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNEdvBoxumw   

Episode Timestamps:

• 13:42 - Nick’s career
• 16:59 - Finding great talent
• 21:03 - Border closures and opportunities for remote work
• 31:54 - Virtual job interviews
• 34:47 - Hiring best practices
• 38:23 - Border closures and what it means for domestic talent
• 48:32 - Nick’s tip on how to interview well for sector change
• 53:52 - Sector change: moving from corporate to research institutions or startups
• 57:58 - Industry 4.0: what the future holds

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• Other episodes of The Job Hunting podcast about technology, science, and the future of work:
  • Episode XX: Emerging jobs and technologies - with Associate Professor Catherine Ball
  • Episode XX: Data jobs: Interview with data & machine learning expert Catherine Lopes PhD
  • Episode XX: The future of offices and teamwork - with workplace strategist Su Lim
  • Episode XX: How to pivot your career during a crisis: Advice from "the new world of work" expert Marianne Roux
  • Episode XX: A lesson in personal agility - with New World of Work expert Marianne Roux

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• • Read the podcast blog on our website
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About your host:

Hello, I'm Renata Bernarde, the Host of The Job Hunting Podcast. I'm also an executive coach, job hunting expert, and career strategist. I teach corporate, non-profit, and public professionals the steps and frameworks to help them find great jobs, change, and advance their careers with confidence and less stress. 

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Host: Renata Bernarde

Editing: Estella Dacuba

Music: Scott Holmes

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