This Month
‘I’m always switched on’: How this Olympic diver balances a job at BHP
Maddi Keeney gets a second chance at a medal in the 3m springboard from Wednesday night Australian time after heartbreak in the first week of the Games.
- Hannah Wootton
Aged care execs seek seed capital for recruitment startup
The hopstep recruitment platform for the aged care sector is hitting up venture capital and high-net-worth types to raise $3 million.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Exclusive
- AI
This Aussie unicorn is paying millions for a chief AI officer. Should you?
SafetyCulture is on the hunt for its first AI boss as companies scramble to find executives to help unlock billions of value from the hot technology.
- Tess Bennett
US July jobs data points to unexpected weakness
Non-farm payrolls increased 114,000 last month and the jobless rate rose to 4.3 per cent, putting the Fed solidly on a path to cutting rates in September.
- Updated
- Augusta Saraiva
July
Unilever to slash a third of office jobs in Europe
The cuts are part of Unilever’s “productivity program” and will slash as many as 7500 roles globally.
- Madeleine Speed
- Opinion
- Interest rates
Reserve Bank’s path to a soft landing is very narrow indeed
Further rate rises would make it harder for the RBA to achieve the trifecta of a small rise in spare labour, with employment still increasing and inflation back at target.
- Jonathan Kearns
US inflation falls in June, bolstering rate cut bets
Consumers prices eased by 0.1 per cent last month, helping the annual rate fall to 3 per cent, a boost for beleaguered President Joe Biden.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
Who are the highest paid ASX 200 CEOs?
New research shows that ASX 100 CEOs earn on average 50 times more than the average Australian adult.
- Hannah Wootton
- Opinion
- Opinion
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
Singapore turns against the foreigners who helped make it rich
The city state’s new immigration rules preference locals for entry-level and mid-career jobs.
- Karishma Vaswani
More RBA rate rises ‘unwarranted’ as non-migrant jobs growth tumbles
Yarra Capital chief economist Tim Toohey has cut his economic growth forecast from 2.25 per cent to 1.75 per cent in 2024-25, well below the RBA’s 2.1 per cent.
- Ronald Mizen
US payroll growth slows, jobless rate edges higher
Average employment growth over the past three months slowed to the least since 2021, bolstering the case for a pivot to interest rate cuts.
- Updated
- Matthew Boesler
We’re not coming for your job, AI companies say
A report funded by the AI industry says artificial intelligence will create 200,000 jobs in Australia by 2030.
- John Davidson
June
- Exclusive
- Productivity
Why KPMG sees silver lining to 5pc jobless rate
The big four firm says there is no “productivity crisis” and recent lacklustre results can be explained by the workforce shake-up caused by the pandemic.
- Ronald Mizen
- Health Winner
- Women in Leadership
‘We need to be champions of other women’
By the time Danielle Handley arrived at health insurer BUPA, the executive who hired her had left. She had to lead a company transformation without a boss.
- Sian Powell
Tough jobs market for consultants wanting to jump ship to industry
Advisers seeking exit opportunities or new roles after job cuts are facing fierce competition for ‘transformation’ and ‘strategy’ roles in companies.
- Edmund Tadros
- Young Leader Award
- Women in Leadership
She was made a trade leader at 28 and pregnant
The winner of the Young Leader category in the Women in Leadership awards has honed her leadership skills straddling two vastly different cultures and Australia’s most important trade relationship.
- Jessica Sier
US jobless claims linger near 10-month high
Applications for unemployment benefits have remained subdued over the past year, as the labour market showed resilience.
- Bloomberg News
Towns at ground zero say if nuclear means jobs, bring it on
People in Morwell and Traralgon, at ground zero of the nuclear debate, say the need for new jobs could win them over to Peter Dutton’s nuclear energy plans.
- Gus McCubbing
- Opinion
- JobKeeper
Why JobKeeper may be part of our productivity problem
An anxious Reserve Bank of Australia is hoping for a pick-up in labour productivity this year to help alleviate the economy’s inflation problem.
- John Kehoe
