Intraskope – #InternalCommunication #Insights
Among the first internal communication blogs (started in 2006) for #students, #practitioners and #academia
How do you build a career in a new country while also building an actual life? 86% of tertiary students work alongside their studies. Source: Australian Youth Under Pressure (2026) At that scale, energy management matters more than time management. Most students are not short on hours in the day. They’re short on the energy […]
Ask any international student or new migrant professional what stops them from applying for a role, and the answer often has nothing to do with skill. It has to do with confidence. The numbers back this up. Only 1 in 3 young Australians feel highly confident explaining how they use AI in a job interview, […]
Change and communication leader Dr. Aniisu K. Verghese, who faced racism, ageism, and discrimination across his own global career, launches Empowering Employability to support migrant professionals navigating the Australian workplace, and to confront an underemployment crisis costing Australia AUD9 billion a year. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. Change and communication leader, author, speaker, and trainer Dr. Aniisu K. […]
Have you ever looked at a job description and thought: is the organisation hiring hope or capability? I recently came across a post by a senior change and communication professional lamenting how job descriptions for roles were insulting the community by seeking younger talent to come in at a lower salary range but expecting them […]
As someone passionate about organizational change, communication and branding, I have reviewed quite a few rejection messages, and what strikes me most is how companies have developed an entire coded language to communicate “no” without saying it. These euphemisms, while well-intentioned, often create more confusion and frustration for candidates than genuine transparency would. In this […]
“We’ve decided to pursue other candidates.” If you are sending rejection messages like this, you are not just losing candidates. You end up actively damaging your employer brand, one generic template at a time. Having received hundreds of rejection messages from major companies during the course of my career I feel the pain most candidates […]