This Month
Fed on track to cut rates: Wall Street’s view of jobs data
November’s payrolls report keeps open the door for a quarter point rate cut this month, though next week’s CPI data still needs to be cleared.
- Timothy Moore
US payrolls rebound, economy adds 227,000 jobs
The unemployment rate edged higher to 4.2 per cent, pointing to cooling demand for workers and confirming the case for a rate cut this month.
- Augusta Saraiva
Public sector jobs surge props up economy
Employment in the public sector is growing at double the pace of the private sector.
- John Kehoe
Pretty textbook stuff: Life as a lawyer in London
Former Adelaide resident Lucy McKenzie managed to write an 87-page textbook while working in Ashurst’s UK dispute resolution practice. But the best thing about working as a lawyer in London? The leave.
- Updated
- Daniel Arbon, Maxim Shanahan and Ciara Seccombe
Energy workers hit hardest by transition: RBA research
Workers laid off from emissions-intensive roles suffered larger income falls than other workers losing jobs, according to Reserve Bank researchers.
- John Kehoe
Demand for offshore white-collar workers triples firm’s revenue
ConnectOS specialises in hiring and managing low-cost staff in the Philippines on behalf of other companies.
- Edmund Tadros
BCA scorecard ranks the best and worst states for business
The report names Victoria as the worst state or territory to run a business, with its onerous regulations acting against growth and investment on many measures
- Patrick Durkin and Gus McCubbing
November
Five tips to land a job at a unicorn
Want to work at Australia’s most valuable private technology company? You’ll need to pass the ‘Canva challenge’ first.
- Tess Bennett
- Exclusive
- Skills shortage
The big trend working against the PM’s 1.2m homes target
Painter Gavin Sas wants to hire an apprentice to expand his business, but the initial cost is too high. It’s a small part of a bigger problem.
- Euan Black
A one-woman firm becomes a $29m national recruiter
Kay Reynoldson says loyalty underpins healthy growth for this nursing recruiter where revenues have tripled.
- Michael Smith
Thyssenkrupp to cut 11,000 jobs at struggling steel unit
The layoff plan would shrink a business that has lost billions of euros to a global steel glut and rising energy prices.
- William Wilkes
US jobless claims fall to near seven-month lows
The total number of Americans collecting jobless benefits rose, suggesting that demand for workers is waning, even as the economy remains strong.
- Matt Ott
US unemployment claims fall to lowest in six months
The Labour Department figures are a sign that layoffs remain at relatively healthy levels.
- Matt Ott
Albanese increasingly likely to face voters without a rate cut
NAB and RBC Capital Markets now expect the RBA to leave the cash rate on hold until May, after the latest practical date for an election.
- Updated
- Michael Read
AI job growth to fuel demand for 480,000sq m of office space: report
JLL research suggests that by 2030, artificial intelligence will become the second-largest sector in the Australian economy, offering opportunities for office landlords.
- Michael Bleby
Have a listen to this AI sales call – it’s getting scarily realistic
When it came to selling a new range of drinks to schools, supermarkets and petrol stations, a Brisbane entrepreneur succeeded with artificial intelligence.
- Tess Bennett
Fed seen on track for rate cut despite weak US October payrolls
Nonfarm payrolls increased just 12,000 last month, but the figures were likely distorted by two hurricanes and a major strike at Boeing.
- Updated
- Molly Smith and Jonnelle Marte
October
US job openings fell in September to a three-year low
The number of layoffs also rose. And the number of Americans who quit their jobs fell below 3.1 million, the lowest level since August 2020.
- Paul Wiseman
- Exclusive
- Workplace
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
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
