Want a 'Big 4' accounting job? You're already too late

• Áine Cain

Rod Adams, who's interviewed about 5000 candidates since joining PwC in 1995, says one factor is crucial in landing a "Big Four" job.

The 10 highest-paying jobs you can get with a degree

• Rachel Gillett, Anaele Pelisson

If you're going to invest about four years of your life and tens of thousands of dollars into earning a bachelor's degree, read this.

What you must earn to be in the top 1pc at every age

• Chris Weller, Andy Kiersz

Here's what you'd need to make to be in that rare elite, from the age of 25 to 65.

What Musk, Branson and 8 other leaders ask job seekers

• Rachel Gillett, Áine Cain, Skye Gould

Many of the most successful people have got job interviews down to a science. Can you answer their questions?

'I didn't leave, I was fired'

• Opinion
• Lucy Kellaway

Last week, Lucinda Chambers broke two golden rules on how to behave when you have just been sacked.

The interview questions 28 Australian CEOs always ask

• Sarah Kimmorley

Now you’ll be prepared the next time you’re asked one of these questions.

Hong Kong or Singapore: Which city is best for expats?

• Eric Lam

In the race to lure talent for global firms' regional headquarters, Hong Kong and Singapore have long been neck-and-neck.

'What do you make in your current job?'

• Rebecca Greenfield

"What do you make in your current job?" For women, is there any good answer to that dreaded job-interview question?

You have to be over 55 to work for this start-up

• Gene Marks

South Korea's EverYoung is always looking for good employees. But sorry, millennials, you need not apply. You're not wanted.

Smelting sunk without cheap power that built it

• Ben Potter

Metal smelting is sunk without the cheap, subsidised coal power that state electricity bodies used to lure the industry to Australia and underwrite development in the 1960s through to the 1900s, energy experts said.

6 people who've nabbed the top US jobs share 1 trait

• Marco della Cava and Eli Blumenthal

Those who have scored high-paying tech roles with a focus on data analysis have this in common.

35 things you should remove from your résumé right now

• Rachel Gillett

Do you state an objective? Do you use too many bullet points? You're probably killing your career.

Which gets a better-paying job, TAFE or university?

• Katina Curtis

Government figures indicate nine of the top 10 occupations predicted to have the most jobs growth are in vocational training areas.

CEO secrets for landing the top job

• Patrick Durkin and Joanne Gray

Be willing to re-locate, be prepared to move backwards in your career and take risks and seize new opportunities have been the keys to making it for our CEOs, a new Korn Ferry report finds.

14 signs that you're underpaid

• Jacquelyn Smith

If you're willing to invest the time and research, you'll be better informed as to whether you should ask for a raise or walk.

How to write a cold email to busy people

• Richard Feloni

There are proven tactics that will increase your odds of getting a response from even the busiest recipient.

The LinkedIn message to a CEO that succeeded

• Shana Lebowitz

It took only two minutes to write the message, but the CEO who received it gave the sender a job.

Tax and lost benefits hit minimum pay

• Jacob Greber

Increasing the minimum wage won't reduce poverty and boost incomes of people who need it most, new research shows.

The book to read at each stage in your career

• Shana Lebowitz

Whatever's now overwhelming you in your career has probably overwhelmed someone else, who's written a book about it.

Super funds are 'globally worst practice'

• Ben Potter

Kiwi retirement savings disruptor Sam Stubbs says Australians could save "billions of dollars a year" by slashing bloated super fund fees.

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