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Matthew Heyes

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Australia
As seen in: LinkedIn, Medium
Covers:  Rec-Tech, job boards, employment software, working holidays, travel, backpacking, Australia tourism.
Doesn't Cover: Food, health, finance, well-being.
Entrepreneur. Founder of Five Bees Media muckrack.com/matthew-heyes

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Matthew Heyes is an entrepreneur and founder of Five Bees Media. He is also a writer on the subject of rec tech, job boards, working holidays and backpackers.

Matthew Heyes’s Journalist Portfolio

Lifting the backpacker age limit to 50: what this could mean for the working holiday market

Lifting the backpacker age limit to 50: what this could mean for the working holiday market

When you close your eyes and imagine a working holiday maker, you'll likely conjure up an image of a wide-eye…

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New visa arrangements for British backpackers

New visa arrangements for British backpackers

On the 1st July 2023, 16m British backpackers became eligible for the Australian Working Holiday Visa with ba…

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Backpacker Job Board helps bushfire hit communities find much-needed workers

Backpacker Job Board helps bushfire hit communities find much-needed workers

Backpacker Job Board, Australia's leading employment marketplace for backpackers, has announced a new service…

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Five Bees Media launch Student Job Board

Five Bees Media launch Student Job Board

Five Bees Media have announced the launch of a new platform aimed exclusively at job-hunting students in Aust…

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New social media index ranks Australia's top-performing universities

New social media index ranks Australia's top-performing universities

A new University Social Media Index has launched today, shining a light on Australian universities and their …

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Top Job Sites in Australia (Ranked)

Top Job Sites in Australia (Ranked)

As the founder of Five Bees Media, I have been involved in building and launching job platforms since 2009. T…

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Top Job Sites in Australia (Ranked)

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By Matthew Heyes
| Medium
As the founder of Five Bees Media, I have been involved in building and launching job platforms since 2009. Throughout this journey, I’ve worked with various software platforms and collaborated with teams to create job sites from the ground up. In my experience in the recruitment technology space, I’ve developed a few favourites along the way. While the big-name platforms often receive all the attention, I believe it’s the niche job boards that truly deserve the spotlight.
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New visa arrangements for British backpackers

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By Matthew Heyes
| backpackerjobboard.com.au
On the 1st of July 2023, 16 million Brits instantly became eligible for the Australian Working Holiday Visa (WHV). The reason? The age limit for the visa was raised by five years, from 30 to 35. This change, as well as a number of others, is a result of a UK-Australia free trade agreement that has been years in the making.
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Lifting the backpacker age limit to 50: what this could mean for the working holiday market

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By Matthew Heyes
| LinkedIn
When you close your eyes and imagine a working holiday maker, you’ll likely conjure up an image of a wide-eyed, fresh-faced 20-something ready for adventure. The current age limit on 417 and 462 visa holders is either 30 or 35 depending on nationality. This could change as a growing voice for visa reform is getting louder. The proposal for the increased age limit was first put by the Tourism & Transport Forum Australia (TTF) in December '22.
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