Spending hopes boost retail hiring

Retailers are boosting staff numbers in anticipation of an improvement in consumer spending, according to the Australian Retailers Association.

Recruiters ready for better times

The continuing fallout of the global financial crisis, combined with legislative change, is expected to lead to a surge in demand for insolvency, employment and litigation lawyers this financial year

How to get past the gatekeeper

With the ageing of baby-boomers, the Australian workforce has a surplus of mature workers, yet bosses appear reluctant to hire them.

The bullying boss is back

THE domineering bosses of the 1950s have reappeared in Australian workplaces because of recession pressures.

Email stress causing workplace angst

Unprofessional and overly complicated work emails are driving Aussie staff to distraction as they try to figure out how to interpret them.

Women want more pay and promotions

Men and women in accounting and finance both claim gender pay bias at work.

Worried employees working longer

Job insecurity is driving workers in Australia to clock up extra hours to stay employed according to new research.

Time is ripe to recruit top talent

Companies making staff redundant continue to make new hires as a strategic move to cherry pick key talent while the hiring market is ripe, a new study shows.

Australia's happiest workers

Work is a love job -- Nation's happiest staff saddle up at Mounties

White collar job update

New research by recruitment specialists Michael Page finds senior managers moving away from the gloom.

Electrical apprentices calling

Energy Australia is flinging open the doors of its NSW training centres to provide would be electrical apprentices an insight into the life of an electricity worker.

Most stilll expect pay rise

Employers struggling to keep businesses afloat may raise an eyebrow at news that the majority of employees are expecting pay rises this year.

ABS May job less figures

Job candidates will have to work harder as ranks of unemployed swell

Working less to keep job

Half of Australia's workforce may be required to change their work hours, in a bid to save jobs that would otherwise be under threat from the economic downturn.

Steel detailing offers job security

The economic downturn has done nothing to dampen the urgent need for trainee steel detailers.

Penalty rates to hit jobs

Thousand of jobs will be axed and consumers face higher grocery prices and a cutback in shopping hours under sweeping changes to workplace laws.

Countdown for Skillaroos 2009

With less than 100 days to go until the start of the WorldSkills International Competition, Australia’s Skillaroos team have been honing their skills.

Skilled unemployed vs skill shortage

The number of skilled jobless has increased by 48 per cent in the first three months of this year but areas of skill shortage remain.

QLD need counsellors

Counsellors are in demand and the trend is increasing according to Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors .

Vacancy sign for skilled workers

Accountants, health and aged care workers, chefs, payroll specialists, factory workers and even cheesemakers are being sought to plug South Australian skills shortages.

Training key to satisfied staff

Making staff feel valued and providing training is key to workplace satisfaction and retaining employees say experts.

Stimulus will keep 200,000 off dole

Kevin Rudd's anti-recession economic stimulus packages will keep up to 200,000 Australians off the dole queues, according to Treasury estimates.

A heritage of caring

A passion to make a difference, an ability to be respectful of difference and a great sense of humour are what makes a good DOCS’ case worker.

Jobs predicted for accountants

While rising unemployment figures continue to grab headlines many employment experts in the finance sector are already predicting a pick up in job numbers.

Online business for mavericks

Shaun Stenning is an Internet evangelist and says he is yet to meet a person he can’t teach how to make money through a web venture.

Hairdresser seeks employer

Making people happy and her late father proud is what has motivated Lateasha Lively to become a hairdresser.

New program introduces indigenous…

Preparing indigenous youth for the workplace, plus tailoring recruitment services to suit their needs, is the focus of two new initiatives.

Job ads fall

Job advertisements fell for the 12th straight month in April to remain at levels consistent with a rising unemployment rate in the year ahead, a survey shows.

Employment prospects going 'green'

A recent report released by the CSIRO investigates how the growing green movement will impact the economic crisis in Australia.

Inside view of agribusiness

Woolworth's annual course on the food trade helps people stay in the industry.