Yesterday
‘My graduate job starting salary was $343,000 – here’s why’
Some law and investment banking firms in Britain are paying graduates in their early 20s enormous salaries. The financial rewards are vast but come at a big cost.
- Kimberley Bond
This Month
The winners of the Women in Leadership Awards
Meet the winners of the 2024 Women in Leadership Awards, in eight key economic categories.
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- Professional Services Winners
- Women in Leadership
‘Non-conforming bid’ that took dynamic duo to the top
The winners of the Professional Services category are two Arup engineers who proposed a unique joint arrangement to enable them to balance leadership and family commitments.
- Maxim Shanahan
What’s your best career tip? Award winners share theirs
Lead with compassion, don’t assume you know all the answers, and play to your strengths: winners in the Women in Leadership Awards share advice that has helped them.
- Victoria Thieberger
- Opinion
- Women in Leadership
‘Inclusion, resilience, empathy’: How modern leadership is changing
Modern leadership is about more than successfully deploying skills and industry expertise – it strongly encompasses the people side, writes Patricia McKenzie.
- Patricia McKenzie
Director urges equality advocates to leave their echo chamber
True gender equality benefits men as well as women, Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz says, but advocates need to convince boys of that or risk going backwards.
- Hannah Wootton
Need to get up to speed on gen AI? Here’s how
Workers who know how to use AI are expected to eventually replace those who do not. Four experts explain how and where to level up your skills.
- Euan Black
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- Opinion
- Workplace
Why workers are shunning plum foreign postings
Some companies have found that the impact of the pandemic has intensified a reluctance to move abroad for work.
- Pilita Clark
May
Why so many top executives start in accounting, consulting
BOSS delves into the career paths of the senior executives at Australia’s 20 biggest companies to discover where they started – and the critical skills and experience they gained.
- Sally Patten
Autonomy the key to career paths at this consumer giant
A shift in career planning and transparency in job ads have been central to keeping Unilever’s employees engaged.
- Prashant Mehra
- Opinion
- Best places to work
The secrets to a happy workplace revealed
In a world where many leaders are putting in place back to office mandates, the best places to work prioritise freedom and choice.
- Amantha Imber
Planning delays transformed into social housing solutions at Toga
Property developer Toga turns vacant apartments and retail spaces in projects awaiting planning approval into pop-up accommodation for vulnerable communities.
- Larry Schlesinger
- Analysis
- Best places to work
How we picked the award winners
The AFR BOSS Best Places to Work ranks the best workplaces in Australia and New Zealand across nine different industries.
- Amantha Imber
Ventia creates careers for people with disabilities
ASX-listed infrastructure services company Ventia has increased the representation rate on some government contracts to 9 per cent.
- Larry Schlesinger
April
- Sponsored
- University of Wollongong
You can break out of a career plateau. Here’s how
Great leaps are possible. Two people who’ve stuck the landing share their best tips.
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by Sydney Business School, University of Wollongong
