employment
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How Indigenous-Owned Businesses Are Creating Better Outcomes for Their Employees
We are seeing more Indigenous businesses in Australia. This is important, given these businesses produce social impact, support Indigenous economic self-determination and maintain strong levels of Indigenous employment.
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The Smartest Ways to Get a Recruiter’s Attention (Without Being Obnoxious)
Let’s face it: There are a whole lot of people looking for jobs right now. With an estimated 168,000 people laid off in just the first four months of 2023, plus all the folks who would naturally be on the market no matter what (maybe you’ve been looking for a while, or are still employed…
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Can We Ever Truly Separate Work From Our Personal Lives?
Acclaimed by critics and audiences alike, the Apple TV series Severance, released last year, centred around a group of employees working at a firm called Lumon Industries who are truly able to split their work and personal lives. When they are at the office, employees do not remember anything about the outside world and when…
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Australia’s Unemployment Rate Is Back Down to 3.5 per Cent, What Does That Mean?
The latest labour force data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows employment in February increasing by 64,600, and the (seasonally adjusted) unemployment rate declining from 3.7% to 3.5%. It’s confirmation that it’s still too early to declare that the labour market has reached a turning point, after which we can expect the rate of…