This Month
Law firm Hogan Lovells to close Australian office
Hogan Lovells will depart Australia a decade after it arrived, while fellow transatlantic firm A&O Shearman will make 10 per cent of its partners redundant.
- Maxim Shanahan
- Exclusive
- Hiring
How to spot when a CV has been written by AI
It’s not always easy to tell when a CV or cover letter was written by generative artificial intelligence. But a lack of personality is a common giveaway.
- Euan Black
The key to diversity is company culture: Khuda
Robin Khuda says AirTrunk is succeeding in diversity because it's embedded in its culture.
- Updated
- Exclusive
- ALP
The most common jobs MPs had before they were elected
Anthony Albanese was a party official and Peter Dutton was a police officer, but neither are from the most popular vocational backgrounds in federal parliament.
- Ronald Mizen
Uni asks students to pitch accounting in 60 seconds
UNSW Business School is offering $10,000 in prizemoney for students who create the most compelling 60-second social media pitches about doing an accounting degree.
- Edmund Tadros
It’s getting harder to find extra work to make ends meet
The number of people with multiple jobs is falling as the jobs market tightens.
- Euan Black
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Don’t ignore this quiet correction on global markets
Friday night’s US jobs numbers gave markets a nasty jolt, but when we zoom out a more concerning picture emerges.
- James Thomson
New York Fed president says time for rate cuts has arrived
A more evenly balanced economy has opened the door for a pivot, though John Williams said he has no personal view on the pace of reductions.
- Lucia Mutikani
How to get a white-collar job without a degree
University enrolments are declining as more high-school leavers like Tony Nguyen skip campus and head straight to the workforce.
- Euan Black
- Exclusive
- Accounting
Shake-up means you can become a chartered accountant without a degree
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand is addressing the sector’s labour shortages by making it easier for people without a degree to become accountants.
- Euan Black
What to do with a six-figure redundancy payout
Being made redundant can be emotionally and financially devastating if you weren’t expecting it. But large lump sum payouts also present an opportunity to reset your career and finances.
- Duncan Hughes
Big round of redundancies at Vanguard Australia
Vanguard’s local outpost has pushed through a sizeable round of redundancies in a rare move for the business.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
August
US jobless claims slip as market continues to defy rates
Jobless claims ticked down last week, and the four-week average of claims, which evens out some of the week-to-week volatility, also edged lower.
- Matt Ott
Double your salary, no tax: Meet the Aussies moving to Saudi Arabia
The rulers of the country, once a pariah state, are turbocharging efforts to rehabilitate its image. And there are plenty of expats enjoying the ride.
- Primrose Riordan
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Garbos’ 10-hour shift stats should be music to Michele Bullock’s ears
When the jobs market was high, rubbish collector Cleanaway was paying its drivers a lot of time-and-a-half and double time. Now it has backed off.
- Anthony Macdonald
- Employability
- Higher Education Awards
Job-ready skills for the fast-changing workplace
The joint winners of the employability category embed career experience in study programs to give graduates an edge in the competitive job market.
- Sian Powell
- Analysis
- Higher Education Awards
Winning strategy: Matching students with industry partners
Comment provided by the joint winners of the Employability award, Monash and Swinburne.
- Laurence Orlando and Laura-Anne Bull
- Opinion
- Careers
The most annoying thing about young people at work
They are often right, especially when it comes to working hours. Older workers’ acceptance of long, unhealthy working hours is what younger workers are challenging.
- Pilita Clark
- Opinion
- Gender pay gap
This Gender Pay Day, employers must take action for their own good
Women must work, on average, 50 more days per year to earn the same as men. Here’s what businesses need to do about it.
- Mary Wooldridge
Whitehaven cuts 192 jobs at former BHP coal mines
The coal producer found “unnecessary” layers of complexity and duplication at the Daunia and Blackwater sites since acquiring them for $6.4 billion in April.
- Peter Ker
