Business
Workplace
Unions, business, lay out priorities for incoming Albanese government
All sides have congratulated Labor on its victory but the future of building industry union regulation looms as a flashpoint.
- by Nick Bonyhady
Latest
Opinion
Diversity
Getting on a bit? It’s time for us to embrace 50 or more shades of grey
The only thing worse than being beautiful and young at work is not to be beautiful and young at work. But with an ageing workforce, we need to move beyond judging people by their appearance.
- by Jim Bright
Opinion
Work therapy
When dropping the F-bomb at work blows up in your face
Most of us have, at one time or another, endured that sinking feeling that we’ve overstepped the mark at work. It’s not a pleasant situation to be in.
- by Jonathan Rivett
Opinion
The lowdown
Management has hijacked the struggle for inclusion and diversity
Diversity and inclusion policies have failed in our companies and there has been little improvement for workers labelled as diverse. Here’s why.
- by Celina McEwen, Alison Pullen and Carl Rhodes
Opinion
MyCareer Education
‘I loved the curriculum’: How Sarah carried her studies straight into a career
University of Wollongong psychology graduate Sarah McCluskey moved from the role of practitioner in an office of five people to become National Clinical Director overseeing 120 therapists – all in just three years.
- by Alex Reszelska
‘It’s the best thing’: Apprenticeships are a pathway to success
While the way to finding an apprenticeship hasn’t changed significantly in the past couple of decades, the support available for apprentices has.
- by Sue White
Opinion
MyCareer
Why sustaining a livelihood in the arts is so hard
More than 80 per cent of artists work as freelancers or on a self-employed basis.
- by Katherine Power
Opinion
MyCareer
‘You cannot be serious!’: What happens when we reach our goals
We want to be taken seriously in our careers, but hold great fears that we might be. To be taken seriously is to be seen as a grown-up, and we can no longer hide behind the comic.
- by Jim Bright
Opinion
Work therapy
Don’t bend it like Beckham to fit in at work
Should you force it when it comes to engaging in topics your colleagues love, but you have little interest in? If you’re not into football, don’t pretend you are.
- by Jonathan Rivett
Opinion
MyCareer
Why the Great Resignation is a myth in Australia
Predictions about a mass exodus of workers haven’t eventuated in our economy as rising inflation leaves everyone worse off.
- by Jim Bright
Opinion
Work therapy
Stuck for words when a colleague insults you? Silence may be the best retort
Saying you hate an office system even as you use it doesn’t make you a “hypocrite”. In every workplace, there are contradictions that are impossible to avoid. Getting pulled up for them is a ridiculous notion.
- by Jonathan Rivett