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One third of workers are in mismatched jobs

Around one third of workers around the world are doing jobs mismatched to their qualifications, skills and fields of study. A report, released by the OECD this week,

Boys ask for more than girls for the same tasks

Seeds of the gender pay gap may have been planted in childhood, according to a New York University study. NYU doctoral student Sophie Arnold said previous studies had

Women facing career challenges from AI transition

Women may be facing new workplace challenges with new research showing they risk being left behind in the transition to artificial intelligence (AI). An OECD Policy

Workforce Australia IT woes continue in new year

Current IT issues at Workforce Australia have sparked renewed calls for a full investigation of the nation’s employment services system. The Australian Council of

Aging robots may need to re-trained

There has been significant attention paid to the need to reskill humans in the digital high-tech era. Now, it seems, robots may need to do the same to avoid high-tech

Unemployment rate rises to 4 percent

Australia’s unemployment rate rose to 4 percent in December, despite the number of employed people growing by more than the monthly average for 2024. The latest

Insomnia risk rises for desk-bound workers

Desk-bound employees are much more likely to develop insomnia than non-sedentary workers. A study conducted by the University of South Florida found that people whose

Five-year window to upskill thousands of workers

Almost a quarter of current jobs are expected to “fundamentally change” withing five years, sparking an urgent call to reskill the Australian workforce. The 2025

Job vacancies jump by more than 4 percent

Job vacancies in Australia have risen for the first time in more than two years. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data, released today, shows there were 344,000 job

Unemployment rate drops to 3.9 percent

Australia’s unemployment rate has dipped below 4 percent as a “higher than usual” number of unemployed people found work in November. Th latest Australian Bureau

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