Welcome to the May edition of The Talent Digest. Inside, you’ll find practical insights, fresh thinking, and real‑world examples to help you make better hiring decisions, faster, while still putting people at the heart of the process.
Hot off the Press🔥
The way we design early talent programs needs to keep pace with how new generations learn, grow and engage.
In this video, Cathy James (Head of Design, Development) and Jum Lamont (Managing Director, APAC) explore why early talent needs breadth to explore, and depth to build real capability.
Watch below to see how this should shape your early talent learning and development strategy:
Webinars 
Designing AI-Era Assessments That Candidates Trust – Tuesday 16 June – 3PM AEST
Join Martin Kavanagh, Head of Assessment, and Fran Cousans, R&D Lead, for a practical walk‑through of Amberjack’s new AI Skills Assessment – a realistic, work-relevant, future-proofed approach to understanding how candidates collaborate with AI in the contexts they’ll actually face in the changing world of work.
Amberjack Out & About 🏆
Future Fund
The Amberjack Team were at the Future Fund Winter Internship Assessment Centres recently in Melbourne.
This marks our third year partnering with the team at Future Fund since the program launched in 2024, and it’s been incredible to see the continued growth of the program each year.
Sportsbet
The Amberjack Team recently delivered a Development Day at Sportsbet HQ with their 2026 graduates recently, focused on two core early‑career capabilities: Team Dynamics and Managing Priorities. The grads workshopped practical tools and frameworks, shared real challenges from their roles, pressure‑tested solutions, and walked away with clear strategies for staying focused and effective in a fast‑paced team environment.
