This Month
Young lawyers want to holiday, not work, in New York
Flat demand and apprehensiveness about an intense overseas working culture are spelling an end to the post-pandemic exodus of Australian lawyers.
- Maxim Shanahan
Bosses hiring more white-collar workers based overseas
A software engineer can earn $169,000 in Australia but the same job is paid $75,000 in India.
- Euan Black
AirBnB’s boss on the perils of being too good at negotiation
Susan Wheeldon once made the mistake of negotiating too good a price for a contract. She realised that down the track the deal was not the win she thought it would be.
- Sally Patten
November
Michael Coutts-Trotter’s best advice for the young and ambitious
The NSW Treasury secretary explains how to test decisions, work with political staffers, the best way to build a career – and his love of steel-cut oats.
- Tom Burton
How to juggle work and study
To cope with high living costs, almost 90 per cent of students are taking on part-time jobs. Here’s how to find one.
- Bianca Hartge-Hazelman
Grads should look to these sectors for top starting salaries
Want to graduate into a highly paid job? These degrees and industries consistently outperform.
- Agnes King
- Analysis
- Best Universities Ranking
The Financial Review’s ranking of best universities explained
The Australian Financial Review’s Best Universities Ranking evaluates performance under five pillars: student satisfaction, research performance, global reputation, career impact, and equity and access.
- Tim Brown
Boys head into the trades, while girls want to be doctors
A survey of 18,000 Year 10 students has found that four in every five girls intend to study at university and most see themselves as health professionals, while boys are happy with trades.
- Julie Hare
‘Reality check’: Tech workers feel the pain of white-collar slowdown
Amir Ansari is a technology executive with more than 25 years of experience. In June, he was made redundant for the first time in his career.
- Euan Black
Ambitious but want to work part-time? Tough luck
Only 7 per cent of managers work part-time, and that statistic has barely changed over the past five years, new data shows.
- Sally Patten
Hilton wants job applicants to send a TikTok video, not their CV
The hotel operator says social-media videos are a better test for customer-service roles as AI increases doubts over the value of cover letters and resumes.
- Euan Black
A pet crocodile is the least interesting thing about this CEO
ERA chief Brad Welsh has worked in child protection services, the Prime Minister’s Office and shares a house with a baby croc.
- Peter Ker
I need a break after my redundancy. What should I do?
Career coach Edwin Trevor-Roberts says a career break is a great opportunity to recharge your batteries, learn a new skill and clarify your goals.
- Euan Black
October
Why this CEO worries about WFH and ChatGPT
DigitalX boss Lisa Wade has several tools to get through stressful situations. She takes “a few breaths”, taps her watch, or presses her feet into the floor.
- Sally Patten and Euan Black
How Sydney Swans boss Tom Harley makes the right decisions
Getting your priorities in order is critical when it comes to making decisions. Sydney Swans chief executive Tom Harley’s key priority is his family.
- Sally Patten and Euan Black
How consulting made Blair Comley a better public servant
The incoming Health Department boss has helped reform the GST, design Kevin Rudd’s carbon reduction scheme and Julia Gillard’s carbon tax. He answers our public servant Q&A.
- Ronald Mizen
- Opinion
- Gender pay gap
‘Greedy work’ and the gender pay gap
Harvard University professor Claudia Goldin, who won the Nobel Prize for economics, argues that “greedy jobs” make it difficult to close the gender pay gap.
- Karen Maley
September
Is a skills passport a ticket to job mobility?
A national skills passport should include non-formal education to more accurately capture jobseekers’ skills, experts say.
- Euan Black
This migrant went from Sydney’s west to two mansions in the east
Adrian Fonseca moved to Australia from India when he was 2. Now he GWS’ deputy chairman and has bought two properties in Sydney’s Bellevue Hill for $30 million.
- Sally Patten
Why AMP’s CEO turned down PwC’s partner program
Alexis George works by the mantra that if you don’t love something, get out. In our latest podcast she shares her tips for dealing with conflict and making tough decisions.
- Sally Patten
