This Month
Four ways to set career goals in uncertain times
The pandemic sparked concerns about career progression and dented confidence around promotions and pay for many professionals, but the new year is an ideal time to reassess ambitions.
- Natasha Boddy
KPMG repays more salary cuts as scramble for staff intensifies
KPMG will repay staff another portion of the 20 per cent pay cut it instituted when COVID-19 hit in a bid to retain staff as the professional services sector scrambles to fill job shortages.
- Hannah Wootton and Edmund Tadros
Wages up amid growing reports of worker shortages
Wages rose 0.6 per cent in the December quarter – twice as much as economists were expecting.
- Matthew Cranston
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Seek empowers Ian Narev’s makeover
From the dumped CEO of Commonwealth Bank of Australia to boss of one of our most successful tech platforms - Ian Narev is a man remade.
- Tony Boyd
- Opinion
- Federal budget
JobSeeker change is the first step in fiscal repair
The Morrison government is changing gears on its fiscal strategy. The JobSeeker payment is just the beginning.
- Matthew Cranston
- Exclusive
- Automation
Automation set to gut 1.5m jobs from Australian economy
Australia’s overall job market will shrink 11 per cent as new jobs created are outmatched by losses, a new study by a global tech research firm shows.
- Paul Smith
- Opinion
- Industrial relations
Unions support huge wage cut
The ACTU portable leave scheme would ask 2.5 million workers to accept a quarter less take-home pay while crippling business with a 15 per cent levy.
- Innes Willox
Queensland fights to keep Lytton refinery open
In his first major interview, Queensland’s Energy Minister Mick de Brenni has vowed to do everything possible to protect Ampol’s Lytton oil refinery.
- Mark Ludlow
Economy adds 30,000 jobs as unemployment falls to 6.4pc
The unemployment rate has fallen to 6.4 per cent from 6.6 per cent, surprising economists and leaving the labour market just shy of its pre-COVID-19 level.
- Matthew Cranston
- Exclusive
- Future of Work
Australia needs 6.5m digital workers in the next four years
The number of newly skilled and reskilled technology workers will need to increase 79 per cent by 2025 and workers will need seven new digital skills.
- Natasha Boddy
Job applications are still below pre-COVID-19 levels
A crackdown on welfare payments and a return to pre-pandemic job search requirements has led to more applicants and helped the labour market gain momentum.
- Matthew Cranston
Call of Duty to the office as Activision sets up Melbourne studio
The global games publisher has chased the talent in choosing a new location. Now it wants the talent to choose it.
- Michael Bleby
Payrolls back to pre-virus levels
Strong payroll growth over January shows the COVID outbreaks have not stalled the labour market recovery.
- Matthew Cranston
Unions to fight visa renewals despite worker shortage
Employers are having a tough time finding workers and renewing foreign worker visas. But unions won’t budge.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
Why graduate high-flyers say government is the best place to work
In one of the least-expected effects of the pandemic, graduates are choosing to work for government rather than high-profile companies.
- Robert Bolton
Altona refinery closure to ripple across industry
The concerns around the shutdown go much wider than energy production, extending to job losses and fuel security.
- Updated
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Stay in touch with the boss to score a promotion
How do you climb the corporate ladder from home when you’re not getting as much an audience with your boss?
- Natasha Boddy
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Balance higher dole with right jobs incentive
The AFR View is that the debate about a higher dole needs to be based not only on the view from the RBA’s perch in Martin Place but the view from the banks of the Murray River.
- The AFR View
‘It makes my blood boil’: employer says job seekers gaming system
JobSeeker welfare and strict visa rules are creating havoc for some employers.
- Matthew Cranston
‘Australians won’t do this’: Worker shortages real, employers say
Employers from farmers to restaurant owners are having trouble finding workers, while employees are having trouble finding a job that suits their skill set.
- Matthew Cranston
