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Why KPMG employs four full-time ‘prompt engineers’
Amid warnings that AI could destroy millions of jobs, the emergence of prompt engineers offers an insight into the type of job the technology might create.
- Euan Black
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- Chanticleer
A ride with a billionaire and a PE bigwig ends in ugly crash
We can see how APM’s $2.1 billion buyout offers a neat solution, but that doesn’t mean it is a good story for the ASX. It is a shocker.
- Anthony Macdonald
Madison Dearborn ups APM takeover price to $1.45; deal signed
MDP bumped its acquisition price to $1.45 a share to get APM’s independent board committee over the line.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
May
Aussie unicorn founder says all workers will need AI knowledge
Culture Amp co-founder and chief technology officer Douglas English says AI will enhance, rather than replace, human employees.
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Matt Comyn on how AI will change jobs
Commonwealth Bank chief executive Matt Comyn says the rise of artificial intelligence could be as significant as the industrial and scientific revolutions.
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Migrants are ‘driving Ubers’, not working skilled jobs
More than half of skilled migrants are working in occupations they are overqualified for, suggesting that Australia is failing to capitalise on foreign workers to fill skills shortages.
- John Kehoe
More jobs go at Downer EDI in efficiency drive
Dozens of employees have lost their jobs in a new wave of cost-cutting including senior executives and people in the engineering group’s IT operations.
- Jenny Wiggins
Mobile users face price rises as Telstra swings the axe
Customers could be hit with above-inflation price increases for mobile phone plans, as well as higher internet fees, as the telecommunications giant slashes costs.
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- Jenny Wiggins
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- Immigration
Dutton’s migrant crackdown treats economy with disdain
In the populist pitch to bring down house prices, there is little recognition of the role of migrants in filling acute skills shortages across the economy.
- Jessica Gardner
Why office worker Courtney became a tradie after watching The Block
Courtney Gibney wanted a hands-on job that didn’t involve sitting at a desk all day. The job security of being a licensed electrician fit the bill.
- Euan Black
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Why bad news has the ASX bulls running
Bad news from the job market turned a good day on the ASX into a great one. Investors are ploughing into market darlings in the firm belief that rate cuts are coming.
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- James Thomson
Jobless jump could unwind next month, economists say
Economists predict some of the lift in unemployment in April may unwind in May, amid broader signs the jobs market remains strong and is absorbing a surge in migrants.
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- Michael Read
Jobs growth, immigration back under control: Chalmers
Delivering his 2024 budget speech, Treasurer Jim Chalmers says Labor has delivered record jobs growth, wages growth is back in the black, and immigration will be half what it was last year.
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Treasury expects unemployment to climb to 4.5pc by this time next year
Sluggish hiring could lead cautious households already grappling with higher interest rates to save rather than spend the windfall from tax cuts.
- Michael Read
Transurban executives ‘no longer required’ after restructure
Two of Transurban’s top executives will leave on June 1 after the company decided to shift away from state-based oversight.
- Jenny Wiggins
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- Workplace culture
Just one gesture stopped Anthony worrying about his disability at work
Employers often assume that employing people with a disability is costly. New research suggests that’s not true.
- Euan Black
US job growth slows in April; unemployment rate rises to 3.9pc
The closely watched US non-farm payroll report showed employers scaled back hiring.
- Lucia Mutikani
It’s not what you do but who you are: gender pay gap myths busted
The gender pay gap is not explained by women’s career choices, or that they work part-time. They just get paid less than men, a new study has found.
- Julie Hare
Solving the worker shortage with overseas recruits
NDIS provider Concept Care says a shortage of skilled disability care workers has driven the company to sponsor workers to come to Australia, helped with visas, loans and bank accounts.
- Sian Powell