Getting a job as a young person can be like a game of snakes and ladders.
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Youth unemployment is a problem of demand. Cutting welfare payments merely punishes those young people who are most vulnerable to poverty.
Tankiso Motaung, an unemployed South African university graduate, takes his hunt for a job to the street in Johannesburg.
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Many young South Africans struggle to get a job due to the high levels of unemployment. But access to information, which is influenced by race and class, increases the chances of getting employed.
In 2015, one in five Australians aged between 16 and 24 spent at least a year out of employment, education or training.
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Working life is becoming more fluid, if not precarious. We need to look at how our education systems are preparing young people for a changing workplace.
Robot workforce at the ready.
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In a world where robots work better than humans, how will we cope? We need to rethink our jobs-based economy.
There could be plenty of demand from the space tour guides of the near future.
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Space tourists will need someone to show them around. This is just one of several jobs that currently don’t exist but are expected to be a reality with in a decade.
Although Malcolm Turnbull has been returned to office, he faces considerable challenges.
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How did the Coalition go from a resounding victory in 2013 to the edge of electoral defeat?
Three more years for Malcolm Turnbull and the Coalition.
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10 julio 2016
Jeff Borland , The University of Melbourne ; Ben Spies-Butcher , Macquarie University ; Deborah Ralston , Monash University ; Diana Perche , Macquarie University ; Emmaline Bexley , The University of Melbourne ; Glenn C Savage , The University of Melbourne ; Helen Dickinson , The University of Melbourne ; Jago Dodson , RMIT University ; Jim Gillespie , University of Sydney ; Joanna Mendelssohn , UNSW Sydney ; John Wanna , Australian National University ; Mary Anne Kenny , Murdoch University ; Merlin Crossley , UNSW Sydney ; Nicole Gurran , University of Sydney ; Robyn Eckersley , The University of Melbourne ; Susan Irvine , Queensland University of Technology y Thas Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas , The University of Melbourne
What’s in store for key policy areas, from health to education to infrastructure to asylum seekers, under a returned Coalition government?
Robots can help a new business deal with all the mundane tasks.
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Much of the debate about robots talking jobs focuses largely on a jobless future. But robots can deliver a host of benefits, especially for start-ups and entrepreneurs.
The economic slogans from all the major parties seemed to have fallen flat during this election campaign.
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For an election that is supposed to be based on who will manage the economy better, the debate has been disappointing.
Australia’s youth unemployment policy needs to reflect that of Nordic countries.
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Australian voters can choose between a youth unemployment policy from the Coalition, seen as a hand out, and the Labor policy which is a hand up.
Labor and the Coalition’s plans to employ more disadvantaged young people are very similar.
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The economic reasoning is the same behind Labor and the Coalition’s job plans for young people.
When does an internship cross the line and become unlawful?
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Employers run the risk of breaking the law if they are getting interns to do work that otherwise would be done by paid employees.
Doing the exam jump.
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School leavers, listen up – it’s okay not to know what you want to do in life.
Flanked by local MP Ewen Jones and Greg Hunt, Malcolm Turnbull announced funding for a new stadium in Townsville and the Great Barrier Reef.
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To win government, Labor needs a net gain of 19 seats nationally – and that’s the exact number of marginal seats being fought over in Queensland this election.
Are there enough jobs for the class of 2016?
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The economy added fewer jobs than expected in May, suggesting a Fed rate hike this month is off the table. What else did we learn from the report?
Jacqui Lambie said on Q&A that apprenticeship numbers were going ‘wayside’.
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Was Jacqui Lambie correct to say apprenticeships are going “wayside” and that there are more than one million 457 work visa holders in Australia?
Friends indeed?
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Who’s more likely to help you find a job, your close friends or the casual acquaintance you see at the gym? An examination of Facebook friends offers some clues.
Focusing on the jobs we lost may not be the best way to do this.
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Instead of trying to bring back the old economy jobs that have been lost, the U.S. should focus on training Americans in the new skills that will be needed in tomorrow’s economy.
Unemployment figures don’t always tell the full story when it comes to the state of jobs in Australia.
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Business Briefing: jobs and growth in an election
What is the current state of jobs in this election campaign? This podcast explores what really creates jobs and whether or not politicians have much say in it.
Two former IT professionals in Melbourne have recently opened a community makers workshop.
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Unable to produce high-quality, meaningful results in their paid work, people are increasingly looking to satisfy this need in their leisure time.