The government has released a review of the employment services system. The scathing indictment has found the current system doesn’t serve the interests of jobseekers or employers.
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People who are out of work for reasons such as long-term ill-health are often not well served by national employment support.
While it is well known that under-25s are most likely to bear the brunt of job losses when furlough ends, older workers are vulnerable too.
Ethical hiring practices should include a full disclosure by the company of any social media searches in advance of hiring a job candidate.
New funding aims to fend off a wave of mental ill-health in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. We don’t know how severe that wave will be, but we do know financial hardship is a huge risk factor.
Every one of Australia’s coronavirus support payments is due to end by the end of October. It’ll leave a gaping hole.
Bias, stereotypes and other rules of thumb influence how people think about you – even based on your name.
Before deciding what to study at which university, high school graduates should consider the drop-out rates, early-career employment prospects and lifetime earnings their program is likely to yield.
Governments have relied on a series of employment programs to tackle the employment gap, but these have not yielded positive outcomes.
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