Career
Everything you need to know to take your career in the right direction: how to find the right job for your interests, interview tips, salary negotiation tactics and more.
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Australia’s Job Summit: 3 Ways We Can Fix the Skills Shortage Now
Next Thursday, union, business and political leaders will meet in Canberra for the jobs and skills summit. One of the key issues Treasurer Jim Chalmers has listed for discussion is “addressing skills shortages”. We hear the term “skills shortages” all the time in media and policy debates about jobs and the economy. But what skills…
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How to Be the ‘Personality Hire’ at Your Next Job
You know the token “funny one” at your workplace? Well, those coworkers are self-aware, and they’re speaking out. It’s called being a “personality hire,” and the term is trending on TikTok from those claiming that their charisma landed them their job, rather than the qualifications on their resume.
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Do Australians Pay Too Much Income Tax?
Australians pay too much income tax – or so some argue. The Australian Financial Review’s economics editor, John Kehoe, for example, has noted: Australians are paying more personal income tax as a share of government revenue than any other advanced economy, except for the high-taxing Scandinavian welfare state of Denmark. And the day after the…
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The Most In-Demand IT Skills, From Communication to Cloud Computing
Ten years ago, information technology looked very different to what it does today. Stuffy back rooms housed huge servers and everyone had to be at their desk to actually work — the horror. A steep rise in innovation over the last decade, from cloud computing to smartphones and remote work, has seen IT needs change.…