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How to prepare for the jobs of the future
Given everything is changing, how can we equip our children – and ourselves – for the jobs of the future?
Given everything is changing, how can we equip our children – and ourselves – for the jobs of the future?
Three workers have been rushed to hospital after a cherry-picker several metres in the air collapsed on a building site in Geelong on Tuesday morning.
Love or hate them, performance reviews are ubiquitous in the working world.
Decisive no-vote at weather bureau show government's industrial woes have not gone away
John Holland has been hit with a $280,000 fine for major safety violations after a terrifying crash between a crane and an elevated work platform.
Major Australian corporations and businesses will support a new $27 million NSW government program to help up to 6000 refugees and 1000 asylum seekers get jobs.
Many of us recall our first early movie experiences as fun childhood memories, not a career directive.
When Nathaniel Garang produced a medical certificate showing he should not be at work, his boss said time off work was "unacceptable".
Do you state an objective? Do you use too many bullet points? You're probably killing your career.
Thousands of Australian childcare workers will walk of the job as they battle for better pay.
Commonwealth bureaucrat preferred $98,000 uni course to job that was "beneath her".
Isobel Robertson starts to lose interest in a job she has applied for when a prospective employer takes more than one to two weeks to get back to her.
The World Bank's chief economist has been stripped of his management duties after researchers rebelled against his efforts to make them communicate more clearly, including curbs on the written use of the word "and".
More than half of employers in NSW say they are experiencing skills shortages.
A hostile industrial battle is brewing in the Bass Strait, with workers infuriated over "legal tricks" they claim are being used to drastically reduce wages.
Corporate services gambit abandoned, taxpayers left with the bill.
How much do you think chimney sweeps, beekeepers and bingo callers take home?
NSW construction union boss nine other officials face heavy penalties after being found liable for unlawful industrial action.
Many individuals never really read their employment contract before they sign it - they're just excited to be starting a new role.
Hire company staff accept twice-rejected deal that also allows new staff to be paid less.
More than 25,000 people took up the challenge, and now we have the results. After averaging out all the responses, we thought it would be interesting to see whether the collective wisdom was on point.
The combination of ICT and business skills has become an ideal set of qualifications for future jobs. People with ICT skills are busting out of ICT enclaves to perform vital roles across a full range of businesses, from retail and finance to agriculture, construction and mining
States have been urged to introduce new laws against wage theft in the wake of rampant underpayment of workers at widespread wage theft by cafes, restaurants in university towns and retail chains including 7-Eleven, Pizza Hut, Dominos, Caltex and Bakers Delight.
VicHealth's chief executive hopes to help increase female sport stars' visibility as role models.
Volcanologists around the world monitor ash levels that could pose a hazard to aviation.
A former soldier is taking on a new battle in the classroom.
What if the world's most popular podcast wasn't about a tiny southern American town in Bibb County, Alabama, but about a 1990s all-you-can-eat restaurant in Burwood, Victoria?
We are creatures of habit, creating well-worn tracks that can be navigated with little thought or effort.
One explorer knows that the key to life is to be smart enough to recognise an opportunity.
Life after a career on the sporting stage can be very challenging, and it pays to prepare for it early.
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