We’re Australia’s first dedicated platform helping young professionals create impact through careers and community initiatives, with aligned opportunities + purposeful work.
More than just a job board, Ripple is your mate for growth in the first stage of your career until you’re established.
We're the only platform to find purpose-aligned jobs, internships, global delegations, advisory + more in one place. Your next opportunity awaits.
Up to 75% of jobs are discovered through networks. We've got an incredible community who are ready to join forces and support your goals.
We've got tools and guidance - from Power Up inspo parties, resources and special guests who've trail-blazed - so you can craft your own path. Build a future with impact.
Explore juicey jobs, accelerators, fellowships, grants, and global missions with game-changing orgs that don’t just build your career – they ignite your impact on the world.
Join for free and expand your horizons by discovering opportunities you didn't know existed, try something new and start building fresh momentum.
Share your career stage, life experiences, impact passions, what you're looking for & whether you're a fiend for caffeine (crucial info) so we can look out for matches.
Future proof your career by joining our game-changing community, and sharpen your toolkit with our resources, training & matchmaking.
Get matched with all kinds of impact experiences that grow your expertise & influencing skills – from jobs and programs to high-level advisory and consultations – based on your unique interests, values, experience and impact goals.
🏄Our members are creating impact in more than 120 communities and sectors around Australia
Regional Journalist
"I loved Career Lab. It helped me shape what I was actually looking for in a job (which I landed) and the things I wanted to prioritise in my life and applications."
CEO, Youth Entrepreneurship
"I wouldn't be where I am now without Ripple. Your investment in me since the beginning will never go unnoticed - you've been instrumental".
Gender Equality
"From a place of gratitude and deep, deep thanks - I have never felt more supported, inspired and uplifted in my career. The humour and humility of the team make what should be a terrifying experience personable and easy"
Film Maker and Climate Fellow
"Thank you! Keep up the great, important work that you do, and empowering young people like myself to pursue our passions and goals"
Social Enterprise
"I got so down on myself I stopped going for jobs. Career anxiety. Comparison anxiety. Climate anxiety. These are all the things that impacted how I felt and all the things that Ripple addresses"
Consultant & Committee Member
"Just came out of a cyber security conference, was literally working in retail this time last year. So glad I listened to my gut and took the plunge!"
Scholarship recipient
"I have been meaning to send you all a thank you email - I found the scholarship when it was featured in the newsletter so if not for Ripple, I would never even had the opportunity to apply!
Legal Student Intern
"I wanted to let you know that I have secured not one but two opportunities! So grateful I was able to attend Career Lab, thank you for all the opportunities you have sent and for always checking in on how I was doing."
"I can't recommend this site enough. Every week I find myself researching positions in fields I never thought existed."
Youth Parliamentarian
"Incredibly encouraging and inspirational. The team ran an amazingly rewarding program while simultaneously arguing about the athletic legitimacy of Formula 1. The lessons and new connections I have made have been so worth it."
Scholarship Recipient
"This was my first Ripple event and it was absolutely phenomenal! I think it's the first online event I have been actively engaged in the whole time because it really was so interactive, interesting and inviting.
"So relieving to see so many opportunities besides the regulars we hear about on the graduate grapevine."
Gender Equality
"From a place of gratitude and deep, deep thanks - I have never felt more supported, inspired and uplifted in my career. The humour and humility of the team make what should be a terrifying experience personable and easy"
CEO and Youth Advocate
"I wouldn't be where I am now without Ripple. Your investment in me since the beginning will never go unnoticed - you've been instrumental".
Scientist in Residence, Venture Capital
"Getting involved in a Ripple program was career defining for me. It was a choice I'll no doubt look back on for years to come and say "That was it - that was the moment my choices dove-tailed into a meaningful path forward for me".
Film Creator and Climate Fellow
"Thank you! Keep up the great, important work that you do, and empowering young people like myself to pursue our passions and goals"
Social Enterprise
"I got so down on myself I stopped going for jobs. Career anxiety. Comparison anxiety. Climate anxiety. These are all the things that impacted how I felt and all the things that Ripple addresses"
Consultant and Committee Member
"Just came out of a cyber security conference, was literally working in retail this time last year. So glad I listened to my gut and took the plunge!"
Researcher and Education Advocate
"I have been meaning to send you all a thank you email - I found the scholarship when it was featured in the newsletter so if not for Ripple, I would never even had the opportunity to apply!
Legal Student Intern
"I wanted to let you know that I have secured not one but two opportunities! So grateful I was able to attend Career Lab, thank you for all the opportunities you have sent and for always checking in on how I was doing."
In Quarter Life Crisis Mode
"I can't recommend this site enough. Every week I find myself researching positions in fields I never thought existed."
Youth Parliament Member
"Incredibly encouraging and inspirational. The team ran an amazingly rewarding program while simultaneously arguing about the athletic legitimacy of Formula 1. The lessons and new connections I have made have been so worth it."
Regional Journalist
"I loved Career Lab. It helped me shape what I was actually looking for in a job (which I landed) and the things I wanted to prioritise in my life and applications."
Scholarship Recipient
"This was my first Ripple event and it was absolutely phenomenal! I think it's the first online event I have been actively engaged in the whole time because it really was so interactive, interesting and inviting.
Policy Officer and Support Worker
"So relieving to see so many opportunities besides the regulars we hear about on the graduate grapevine."
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Orlando is an OG Rippler and Emerging Civic Leader grad. Alongside his work as a Sustainability Manager at a global acquculture firm tackling climate change, he also cofounded a social enterprise. He has secured a bunch of opps including a Social Change Fellowship to help him level up.
Pragya is passionate about women's safety and while completing our Career Lab, secured an internship at the Global Institute for Women's Leadership. She's now working in policy, continues her advocacy and you'll find her at a bunch of Ripple events.
Antony was working in a job he enjoyed but he was dreaming of something bigger. After joining Career Lab he secured a breakthrough journalism internship that led to a cadetship and he's now an Urban Affairs reporter, including covering local and state elections.
Abby got involved with Ripple via 'Tech for Social Good', an initiative she cofounded with uni mates. From there, she talked tech with Tesla Chairperson Robyn Denholm at our Civics Launchpad, and secured grant funding she learned about via a Power Up sesh.
Truth: Not all opportunities are a fit for everyone, and not all help is impactful.
After supporting thousands of individuals across dozens of sectors to find their match for socially and environmentally impactful opportunities, we’ve seen how a ‘spray and pray’ approach can undermine your momentum and potential for impact.
If you want to focus your time, growth and create real impact, take this short quiz to discover what type of opportunities suit your impact style (AKA your impact secret sauce). Plus, we’ll share some very scientific, tastey hints on where your secret sauce for impact lies. Nom nom.
Changing the trajectory of our future will take many types of interventions. We all have a unique secret sauce that can push this mission forward (or get wasted on the wrong fit). We see hundreds of new opportunities each week across dozens of sectors so we’ve designed this handy quiz to help guide you towards what type of opportunities you should be looking out for, and give you some very scientific, crafty hints on where your secret sauce for impact lies. Nom nom.
"I wouldn't be where I am now without Ripple. Your investment in me since the beginning will never go unnoticed - you've been instrumental".
Jahin was trying to find his first job when he won a Ripple mentoring sesh. He landed the role in health policy but didn't stop there; getting involved in our Launchpad, leveraging this into public speaking inc. TedX + more. He now inspires thousands through his role as CEO of the Australian School for Entrepreneurs. And he's partnered with the F1, so #Ripplegoals.
"From a place of gratitude and deep, deep thanks - I have never felt more supported, inspired and uplifted in my career. The humour and humility of the team make what should be a terrifying experience personable and easy".
After being a long-time newsletter scroller, Iremide attended a Power Up and used this to help shape her application for the Plan Australia Youth Activist Series, which she was successful in. She's a founding team member of United Africa Farm, and after completing our Career Lab program she landed a role at Future Women.
"Thank you! Keep up the great, important work that you do, and empowering young people like myself to pursue our passions and goals"
Nic has actively combined his passions for creativity, community and sustainability through volunteering. After our Civics Launchpad, he provided strategic advice to the City of Adelaide on their parklands strategy and later in the year celebrated a win at the Nature Festival SA for 'Best Short Film'. Now he's completing the Startmate Climate Fellowship, which he discovered through Ripple, to level up his influence.
"Getting involved in a Ripple program was career defining for me. It was a choice I'll no doubt look back on for years to come and say "That was it - that was the moment my choices dove-tailed into a meaningful path forward for me."
Clare completed our Emerging Civic Leaders program while she was also working at Deadly Science. She landed a role as Scientist in Residence at Blackbird Ventures and is an incredible advocate for impact in tech.
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Clare
Scientist in Residence, Venture Capital