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Yesterday

Nick Wailes of UNSW says Singapore provides an exemplar on how to attack skill shortages.

Is there a solution to skill shortages?

When migration is no longer the cure for skill shortages, where does the country turn?

  • Julie Hare

This Month

Recruiters say some clients have asked them to conduct female-only searches to fill vacancies, putting them in “compromising positions”.

Is female-only recruitment discriminatory? Even lawyers are divided

The debate over gender diversity targets was reignited this week when the Australian Financial Review revealed employers had told recruiters not to bother shortlisting men for senior jobs.

  • Euan Black
Recruiters say some clients have asked them to conduct female-only searches to fill vacancies, putting them in “compromising positions”.

‘Don’t shortlist men’, ASX companies tell recruiters

ASX-listed companies are privately instructing recruiters to shortlist only women for certain senior roles to help meet diversity and inclusion targets.

  • Euan Black

October

Brooke Simpson, one of 12 advisers on the program, says she was drawn to the scheme by the opportunity to work with interesting clients and learn from experienced advisers.

Wilsons Advisory grows new generation of financial advisers

Financial services firm Wilsons Advisory has announced a new associate adviser program to address skills shortages and better serve a changing client base.

  • Euan Black
A conversation with a career coach helped Canva’s Charlotte Anderson realise she wanted to create a new role for herself.

How execs create their own jobs

BOSS talks to three executives who came up with their own titles or convinced an employer to create a new position for them.

  • Euan Black
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Former sex discrimination commissioner Elizabeth Broderick.

What men really think about the push for gender balance

Most men agree with the need to create equal opportunities for male and female workers, but many still harbour concerns that job appointments are not based purely on merit.

  • Sally Patten

September

Employers say rapid technological changes and the switch to online learning mean today’s tech grads are less “job ready” than previous cohorts.

The two trends making Gen Z tech grads less ‘job ready’

Employers remain satisfied with the quality of today’s graduates. But they believe two forces are working against them.

  • Euan Black
Generative AI appears to be turbocharging a wave of generic job applications.

How to spot when a CV has been written by AI

It’s not always easy to tell when a CV or cover letter was written by generative artificial intelligence. But a lack of personality is a common giveaway.

  • Euan Black
Accounting professors say a plan to let school-leavers with no degree become chartered accountants risks tarnishing the profession’s reputation.

Degree-free accountants risk undermining profession, unis warn

A proposal to let school-leavers with no degree become chartered accountants risks tarnishing the profession’s reputation, warn leading accounting professors.

  • Euan Black

July

ASX CIO Tim Whiteley is attempting to deliver a raft of tech upgrades.

ASX cuts back on overpaid tech contractors who were ‘taking the p---’

The company’s tech boss is reducing reliance on contractors and consultants after insiders blew the whistle on temporary staff.

  • Paul Smith
Medibank’s Shelley Matheson at her home in central Victoria.

What businesses are doing right for this group of workers

Not only did it mean Shelley could work in a step-free environment catered to her needs, but it also meant she didn’t have to ask for special treatment.

  • Euan Black
Declining vacancy numbers mean more disgruntled employees are staying put because they have no better option.

More workers feel stuck in their jobs. Bosses are responding

Executive coaches and HR professionals say managers are seeking guidance on how to re-energise workers who are staying put because they have no better option.

  • Euan Black
Anna Wiley, BHP’s asset president of copper South Australia; Siobhan Toohill, Westpac’s chief sustainability officer; Tammy Medard, managing director of ANZ’s Institutional in Australia and PNG.

‘I shot Bambi’: Women leaders on their toughest decisions

Often the toughest decisions are those that affect other people. Here winners of the Women in Leadership awards share their hardest calls.

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  • Sally Patten

June

New hire at Morgan Stanley: Jordan Mason has joined its insto equities team in Melbourne

Morgan Stanley hires executive director for equity sales

Mason spent five years at the Wall Street investment bank between 2011 and 2016 where he worked in equity sales in Singapore and Hong Kong.

  • Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Canva co-founder Cliff Obrecht at the Morgan Stanley conference.

Canva co-founder calls for ‘wartime’ approach to staff performance

Cliff Obrecht says companies that let poor performance slide are forced to do big lay-offs, something the graphic design group headed for an IPO has avoided.

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  • Nick Bonyhady
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APM Boss Michael Anghie and his advisers have persuaded MDP to pay more for the employment services group.

Madison Dearborn ups APM takeover price to $1.45; deal signed

MDP bumped its acquisition price to $1.45 a share to get APM’s independent board committee over the line. 

  • Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport

April

Steve McCann left Crown Resorts in better shape than what he found it. Is he up for a new challenge?

Is this the person to save fallen Star Entertainment?

The clean-up of the gaming company is one for the ages. And there’s a name keeps coming up as a potential salvage CEO - former Lendlease boss Steve McCann.

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  • Anthony Macdonald
Jessica Campbell, Google’s human resources lead in Australia and New Zealand, said the new family-building benefits would make employees feel more supported and valued.

Companies picking up the bill for employees’ egg freezing and IVF

Google has joined the growing ranks of companies offering financial reimbursements to staff for fertility treatments.

  • Euan Black
Candidates have become accustomed to dialling into meetings because of the shift to working from home, and preferred to interview this way, recruiters say.

Job seekers refuse to meet employers in person

Virtual job interviews are making it harder to assess applicants and highlighting a decline in people skills since the rise of working from home.

  • Euan Black
The buyside community has claimed another scalp: Jardens Chris Tolj has been poached by Greencape Capital.

Jarden Australia MD jumps to buyside

Tolj is expected to take up a position a specialist Australian equities fund manager Greencape Capital. 

  • Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport

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