Western Sydney's growth-driven boom had ended before COVID-19 hit. Some neighbourhood unemployment rates were 2-3 times the metropolitan average, with female workforce participation as low as 43%.
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Education fuelled extraordinary growth in Western Sydney's professional services workforce, but their jobs aren't local. More than 300,000 commute to work outside the region.
An economics professor investigates why college men are more likely to push back when they don't get the grades they want.
If you thought this was about boring box-ticking chats before you leave school for the last time, think again.
Choosing a career that is unlikely to become automated or done by artificial intelligence, and learning soft skills will give graduates better career prospects in the long run.
A report from RBC Royal Bank reaffirms what thought leaders keep insisting -- there will be more and more demand for a liberal arts education in our increasingly digital world.
The demographics, which include declining numbers of adult children free to step up and potentially fewer immigrants, suggest that this big problem society faces will get bigger.
As technology and the labor market rapidly evolve, so too does the value of a high school diploma. Despite the changes, one thing remains true: Education is still the cornerstone of career success.
Estimates released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics suggest that the number of direct full-time equivalent jobs in renewable energy activities has continued to fall from its 2011-12 peak.
Sweden is not suffering a crime wave because of immigrants, but there are real obstacles to overcome in getting refugees into employement.
A large number of adult learners are going back to community colleges to acquire new skills. Are they acquiring the skills necessary for today's technology-rich job environments?
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.
Those closest to you might not be able to get you back on your feet.
According to Team Remain, there's a jobs bonanza around the corner if the UK stays in the union.
Financial institutions in Africa are worried that universities aren't producing graduates with relevant skills for the industry.
Politicians all too often use monthly jobs numbers to infer that the other mob is doing a bad job or that they are doing a great job at managing the economy. But that's a flawed use of the data.
Past hiring discrimination appears to lead African Americans to cast a wide net, while women tend to seek out roles historically associated with their gender.
If you leaving school today to embark on a career, what should you study to protect your job from automation and outsourcing?
Should you pursue the major that you have a passion for, or one that is considered "hot" for getting a job with a high salary?
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Director, Centre for Western Sydney, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies and Dean of the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions, Cornell University
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Fellow of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Institute for Social Change, University of Tasmania
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Associate Professor, Centre for Social Research and Methods, Director, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Australian National University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology & Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin
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Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, Harvard University
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Professor of the Future of Work, Newcastle University
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Professor of international business, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Assistant Professor of Economics, Tufts University
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Lecturer in Economics, Keele University
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Director of the African Institute for Financial Markets and Risk Management, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Enterprise Policy, Heriot-Watt University
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Assistant Director of the Adult Literacy Research Center, Georgia State University
