Business
Workplace
‘Focus on substance’: Q&A with David Coleman
Public service was always the chosen destination for Federal Member for Banks and Shadow Minister for Communications, David Coleman.Â
- by Lisa Visentin
Latest
The dodgy text message that cost Tim more than $100,000
An $86 million federal budget package to fight scammers includes plans for the National Anti-Scams Centre as Australians lose billions each year.
- by Anna Patty
Opinion
MyCareer
Like most forecasts career predictions are often wrong
Despite the overwhelming and repeated evidence that suggests that we are not good at predictions, we cling to them as far as our careers are concerned.
- by Jim Bright
Opinion
The lowdown
Big employers dominate jobs market in post-COVID Australia
A data analysis of 2.2 million Australian job ads by Macquarie Business School scholars reveals a new employment landscape.
- by David Orsmond, Mauricio Marrone and Ali Amrollahi
‘Beyond just marketing’: The Comms way to the top
Nowadays, a career in communications can take you all the way up the corporate ladder.
- by Sue White
Opinion
The lowdown
Mental health strategies key to workplace success
While it might seem to be yet another obligation for businesses to meet, this is an opportune time to create a workplace free from mental health harm.
- by Betty Frino
Opinion
Work therapy
I’m qualified – why am I being passed over for interviews?
Victorian public service jobs are harder to get for a reason.
- by Jonathan Rivett
Opinion
Industrial relations
Rugg v Ryan: We’ve been denied a powerhouse test case on work ethics
I was conflicted over Rugg v Ryan. Should I back the activist whose work I had always admired? Or should I back the boss because I admired her, ahem, work ethic?
- by Jenna Price
Opinion
MyCareer
Forget the glory days: Today, offices are just expensive real-estate
Appeals to get people back into offices are based on zen thinking about intangible work magic that seemingly only occurs under ceiling tiles and fluorescent lights.
- by Jim Bright
You don’t need to travel the world in a maritime career
There are plenty of maritime jobs that involve going home at the end of the day.
- by Sue White
Opinion
Work therapy
On the nose: How to deal with a sensitive issue
How to approach a colleague with awful body odour.
- by Jonathan Rivett