Business
Workplace
Could a Christmas casual role help your career year-round?
The last few months of the year are often a time for thinking more about holiday plans than business plans. But for many businesses, the work has only just begun.
- by Sue White
Latest
Opinion
MyCareer
Why predicting the future might be the easiest job in the world
Every decent-sized company seems obsessed with knowing the future, leading to a surge in “futurologists” trying to predict what comes next.
- by Jim Bright
Analysis
Working from home
Bosses mean it this time: Return to the office or get a new job
After more than two years of trying to coax workers back into offices, bosses are losing their patience.
- by Taylor Telford
Opinion
Gig economy
Insecure work is a feature of our labour market. New laws can change that
As the nature of work and the labour market evolves, workplace laws must adapt in response. The government’s Closing Loopholes Bill recognises this.
- by Chris Wright
Zoom and a beer? The employees encouraged to work from the pub
Fancy opening up the laptop in the pub with your boss’s blessing? This month might just be your chance.
- by Sue White
Opinion
Work therapy
I don’t want to dance before meetings at work. Am I being too boring?
Employees have every right to find management’s ‘engineered fun’ insufferable.
- by Jonathan Rivett
Opinion
MyCareer
How an incompetent employer can make you regret changing jobs
Are you thinking of moving jobs? It’s a risk, and the biggest risk of all may be entirely out of your control.
- by Jim Bright
Opinion
Work therapy
My company threatened to demote me for working from home. What can I do?
Workers’ recourse for being mistreated by their employers may not be as wide-ranging as you think.
- by Jonathan Rivett
Cold gel, full bladders: This critical job has been in shortage for decades
Sonographers – responsible for conducting ultrasounds – have been listed on Australia’s national shortage list for more than a decade.
- by Sue White
Dare iced coffee shortage warning as Bega workers strike for higher pay
Workers have been striking at Bega’s Penrith site since Sunday, with the United Workers Union warning will result in “angry tradies”.
- by Jessica Yun
Opinion
MyCareer
Why you should take off those noise-cancelling headphones for a moment
Hearing what’s going on around you seems to have gone out of fashion, but you can find out a lot by active listening.
- by Jim Bright