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    Fewer Australians are switching jobs as employers pull back on recruitment.

    Two things have killed the post-pandemic job-switching boom

    Fewer Australians are switching jobs as employers pull back on recruitment and more employees decide the rewards for moving no longer outweigh the risks.

    • Euan Black
    Joy Krige at Vans Cafe in Cottesloe, Perth. Krige likes to exercise in the morning, which she says is her time.

    What this CEO eats depends how bad the last meeting was

    Joy Krige, CEO of Cranecorp Australia in Perth, grazes from her snack drawer during the day, rather than eat a formal breakfast or lunch.

    • Sally Patten

    CFMEU conditions risk pushing up Queensland build costs by a third

    Restrictive CFMEU conditions on Queensland sites risk dragging out work and making apartment buildings up to 33 per cent more expensive to build, a new analysis says.

    • David Marin-Guzman

    ‘I shot Bambi’: Women leaders on their toughest decisions

    Often the toughest decisions are those that affect other people. Here winners of the Women in Leadership awards share their hardest calls.

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    • Sally Patten

    A beginner’s guide to surviving a business conference

    “Making new connections”? If you don’t know why you’re at an industry gathering, you need to come up with a strategy.

    • The Economist

    CFMEU deal helps add 10pc to apartment costs

    The CFMEU’s latest wages deal for NSW will increase labour costs by up to 19 per cent in the first year alone, a new analysis finds.

    • David Marin-Guzman

    Recent columns

    Go ahead, write your cover letter with ChatGPT

    But where generative AI may be strongest is in helping applicants prepare for the job interview.

    Sarah Green Carmichael

    Contributor

    This is the new normal of office life

    Flexible working patterns in a decent place that makes it easy to do the job you’re paid for is a basic recipe for success in a post-pandemic world.

    Pilita Clark

    Columnist

    Pilita Clark

    The productivity hack that really does boost careers

    Physical stamina is an oddly overlooked superpower in working life. But although it will take you a long way, it won’t always be enough to achieve enduring success.

    Pilita Clark

    Columnist

    Pilita Clark

    ‘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

    AGL chairman

    Patricia McKenzie
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    Yesterday

    Go ahead, write your cover letter with ChatGPT

    But where generative AI may be strongest is in helping applicants prepare for the job interview.

    • Sarah Green Carmichael

    This Month

    Mark Morey, secretary of Unions NSW, addresses the NSW Industrial Court

    Unions hail return of $35m Industrial Court

    Unions NSW boss Mark Morey says the court will “help moderate the excesses” of the federal system.

    • Michael Pelly

    Why you shouldn’t set a deadline if you want to be more resilient

    The strongest leaders believe in themselves and don’t try to set timelines for when a difficult period will pass, says Macquarie Technology Group CEO David Tudehope.

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    • Ciara Seccombe and Lap Phan
    JPMorgan Chase & Co and others generate fee income from the multi-manager model.

    On Wall St, 100-hour weeks return for junior bankers

    As transactions pick up, some young staff are lying about their work hours to save themselves a little free time.

    • Katherine Doherty
    Violet chief executive Melissa Reader said she’s learnt to assert her power as CEO after having some negative experiences early in her C-suite career.

    The client meeting from hell: how sexism still stalks the C-suite

    Culture Amp research suggests that while all men in board positions believe their opinions are valued, 10 per cent of executive women don’t.

    • Euan Black
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    This is the new normal for working from home and commuting into the office.

    This is the new normal of office life

    Flexible working patterns in a decent place that makes it easy to do the job you’re paid for is a basic recipe for success in a post-pandemic world.

    • Updated
    • Pilita Clark
    Education businesses have proved to be a happy hunting ground for private equity.

    River Capital nabs Archer Capital’s education roll-up Aspire2

    Andrew Larke, Orica’s former star dealmaker, will co-invest alongside the Melbourne-based investment firm and come on as Aspire2’s chairman.

    • Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
    Selective schools may not offer the long-term advantages they appear to offer.

    Sending kids to selective schools doesn’t pay off: study

    Demand for selective public high schools far outweighs places, but a new study casts doubt on whether they live up to their promise.

    • Julie Hare
    Labour Party leader Keir Starmer said he had a years-long tradition of not working after 6pm on a Friday.

    Work-free Friday nights ‘unrealistic’ for CEOs

    British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he tries not to work past 6pm on a Friday. Some of Australia’s top CEOs say that wouldn’t fly in their world.

    • Euan Black
    Colette Assaf and Charles Assaf  have built a network of childcare centres based on the Montessori method. Now, their daughter Mary Assaf and future son-in-law Christopher Omeissah are taking the approach to aged and disability care.

    The education method that’s made this family millions

    When Charles and Colette Assaf bought a Montessori childcare business in 2000, the IT entrepreneur never expected it would become his family’s future.

    • Yolanda Redrup
    Sue Houghton is happy to make calls on her way to work, but the drive home is her time.

    Why the local CEO of this $26b company likes her commute

    When QBE Australia chief Sue Houghton rises at 6am, the self-described introvert relishes a walk on her own.

    • Sally Patten
    Inside Atlassian’s new Melbourne digs.

    Inside Atlassian’s new workplace – just don’t call it an office

    The company’s new Melbourne site has been designed as a so-called connection hub. It only has 12 desks, with an emphasis on social spaces instead.

    • Euan Black
    E Jean Carroll with her lawyer Roberta Kaplan leaving federal court in New York.

    The #MeToo lawyer accused of being a tyrant

    Roberta Kaplan’s poor treatment of colleagues, including micromanagement, insults and personal attacks, triggered her expulsion from the firm she founded.

    • Katie J.M. Baker
    Robert Half director Nicole Gorton says more employers are offering staff a choice between a managerial career and one built on technical expertise.

    You’re not alone, workers are avoiding becoming managers

    Working from home is far from the only enduring workplace trend of the pandemic. It’s clear that our attitudes to work have changed significantly too.

    • Euan Black

    BCG’s local boss Grant McCabe on why he has taken up pilates

    Boston Consulting Group’s Australian chief, Grant McCabe, says rookie executives should “remove that baggage” about whether they are going to succeed.

    • Lap Phan and Ciara Seccombe
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    Why underperforming executives need to be worried

    It’s about doing more with less and finding leaders who can operate in that environment, says the managing partner at an executive search firm.

    • Euan Black
    Health Services Union president Gerard Hayes criticised the government for having to be “dragged” to a shorter timeline.

    Aged care pay rise delayed due to Labor funding decision

    Pay rises for 250,000 aged care workers of up to 14 per cent – likely costing up to $5 billion extra in government funding – have been delayed until next year.

    • David Marin-Guzman
    Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer can work and work with “ridiculously small amounts of sleep”, according to one of his ex-girlfriends.

    The productivity hack that really does boost careers

    Physical stamina is an oddly overlooked superpower in working life. But although it will take you a long way, it won’t always be enough to achieve enduring success.

    • Pilita Clark

    June

    Sydney University student Cynthia Huynh: “Now everything has changed because of the exposure to the companies and professors at Berkeley and Stanford.”

    Why Cynthia’s uni trip to Silicon Valley was life-changing

    Study-abroad programs have become something of a rite of passage for Australian university students, and it can be a life-changing experience.

    • Julie Hare
    Productivity Commission chairwoman Danielle Wood.

    ‘You smile too much’: the early career advice Danielle Wood ignored

    Be brave and have fun, is what Australia’s leading women would say to their younger selves.

    • Lucy Dean