When she woke up yesterday, Binbin Ye had been out of work for a year and faced a bleak future. By the afternoon she had a job and her life had turned around.
Employers have been put on notice that bullying in the workplace will not be tolerated after a Melbourne cafe owner was convicted and handed a heavy fine following the suicide of a young waitress.
Workers and students seeking experience and training to further their careers are volunteering to develop their skills while giving back to the community.
The Australia Council for the Arts are offering grants of up to $10,000 for budding artists in the creative industries including visual arts, literature, music, theatre and dance.
Taking care of the environment, people and personal finances will drive the job market for the next five years, business intelligence company IBISWorld predicts.
On the surface, this week's job numbers are good news. But scratch a little deeper and you'll find many casualties of the global financial crisis, writes Paul Syvret
The pay gap between men and women in the mining sector doubled last year, with males in senior jobs earning an hourly rate 61 per cent higher than females in equivalent roles.
More than 111,000 South Australians are juggling paid employment with caring for family members, prompting calls for bosses to offer greater flexibility and understanding to workers.
Almost one in every two teens in the Canterbury-Bankstown area is out of work, with the region now boasting the nation's highest teenage unemployment rate.
