Employees averaging over 12 jobs in their careers
Workers are averaging more than 12 jobs between the ages of 18 and 56 and the length of time spent in each one has fallen eight percent in a decade.
A new OECD report,
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The six things that hinder successful careers
By Shane Rodgers
Most careers can survive a few ups and downs. You win a few, you lose a few. Sometimes it works out. Sometimes, not so much.
When I started writing the
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Commissioner and Department heads announced
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) Acting Commissioner Stephen Smith has been made permanent, after six months in the caretaker role.
Commissioner Smith has
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Making a stand for gender equality
By Elissa Lawrence
QUT researcher Professor Michael Flood has spent decades advocating for gender equality and engaging men and boys in domestic and sexual violence
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Sometimes you just want the chatbot
In the 1998 movie Small Soldiers one of the characters is trying to report some toys coming to life and running amok.
He is talking to a human, and not having much luck
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Social media ‘gap week’ lifts self esteem
A single “gap week” from social media has been found to be enough to significantly lift self-esteem and body image in young women.
A study by the York University
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McKay to oversee QUT engagement and marketing
CEO and senior executive Lara McKay is the new Vice-President (Engagement) and Chief Marketing Officer at QUT.
Ms McKay will join the Brisbane university from Ormond
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Paper towels balance perfection en pointe
London’s poshest hotel restaurants played a little-known part in helping to support the career of Queensland Ballet’s new artistic director Leanne Benjamin.
In her
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Cross gives victims of fraud a voice
By Elissa Lawrence
The devastating impact of fraud has far-reaching consequences. QUT’s Professor Cassandra Cross has made it her mission to give victims of fraud a
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Most roles will not require specialist AI skills
Most workers are unlikely to need specialist artificial intelligence (AI) skills but the technology will fundamentally change the work they do.
That is the conclusion of
Read more1 May 2024