Reality bites: Gen Z workers facing quarter-life crisis
Young Australians are struggling to find meaningful work and second-guessing their chosen career paths. Careers experts share their best advice for jobseekers and graduates.
Careers
Unemployed tradie launches $350k brand
A couple who lost their income in Melbourne’s lockdown has raked in a huge amount after launching a wildly successful new business.
‘Pent-up demand’: Owner spruiks jobs boom
A key employer in an industry that could barely operate during Victoria’s harsh lockdown is now looking to put on thousands of workers.
How to get the spark back at work
If you have been in your job for a while, things may start to feel a little stale. Here are expert tips on how to get the excitement back.
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This is why you can’t get a job
YOUNG people, you might think tech skills are what you need to get a job today. But the Department of Employment warns otherwise.
Employers don’t want entitled grads
A DEGREE from a top uni? Check. Ambition? Check. Expectations of a decent salary? Check. Here’s why employers don’t actually want you.
The nation you’ve never heard of
IT’S the fifth-biggest population in the world, and is immensely important for business, politics, travel and education, but you’ve never heard its name.
The great myth about your education
IT IS meant to give Australians the best start in their careers but a controversial plan to shake this system up could do more harm than good.
From banker to porno mastermind
ONE woman quit her job as a banker to run a porn website; the other pays her bills by selling her used undewear. The fetish industry is big business.
Instagram post brings trial to a halt
THE Instagram post that brought the wheels of justice to a halt on the eve of a high-profile murder trial, and the colourful barrister who will fight the contempt allegations.
Degrees no longer guarantee jobs
GONE are the days when a bachelor degree would automatically get you your dream job, so there’s no point pushing unwilling kids to go to uni, experts say.
The new job that pays $200,000
COMPANIES are paying big bucks — up to three times the average Australian salary — for employees with a very specific skill. Do you have what it takes?
‘Act like a lady, think like a man’
SOMETIMES the mind just boggles. Pen company Bic has been slammed for running a sexist advert that completely missed the mark. Unsurprisingly, the reaction was fierce.
Wolf of Wall Street crony’s fall
WILLIAM King once lived the high life, full of parties and fast cars as the Wolf of Wall Street’s pal. Now he’s sleeping rough.
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