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Authentic tasks

Authentic tasks

Using ‘real world’ datasets is a great way to engage students by providing them with an authentic element to their learning experience, as well as familiarizing them with their future environment. The AIHW website stands for “authoritative information and statistics to promote better health and wellbeing” and provides links to all sorts of health-related databases. Like all good government websites I suspect this will suffer from link rot even before the blog is published. The Australian National Data Service (ANDS) is a partnership led by…

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Sharpen up your job application

Sharpen up your job application

Jobscan – With a vision of helping you “land more interviews and job offers than ever before”, Jobscan offers many services including a freebie comparison of your resume with the job description of your choice. Simply cut and paste the relevant text and Jobscan will return a report noting how well matched they are, and showing you the key phrases that would be picked up by Applicant Tracking Systems, used by some employers to sift through applications. Regardless of whether or…

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