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Social media
Women are having sex changes – on LinkedIn
Social media algorithms can really help you market your ideas. If you’re a man.
- bySarah Curnow
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Opinion
Work therapy
What are ‘ghost jobs’, and how can I avoid them?
Known as the “labour market version of catfishing”, ghost jobs are becoming an increasingly prevalent problem in the workplace.
- byJonathan Rivett
‘I wouldn’t be a good employee’: The jobs in which neurodiverse workers shine
Jasmine Parasram found traditional workplaces were not always designed for her neurodivergent brain. So she decided to go it alone.
- byEmily Chantiri
Workers warned off overtime after Woolworths exec sues over 120-hour weeks
A Woolworths executive has claimed she was overlooked for a senior position after working up to 120 hours a week.
- byNina Hendy
Opinion
Productivity
Why toxic Australian bosses should be terrified of this website
The online forum Reddit has quickly become a popular place to vent about your job. But if you’re not careful, it could come back to bite you.
- byTim Duggan
Opinion
Workplace disputes
Office gossip is now against the law. (But you didn’t hear that from me)
There has been a shift in workplace culture, away from resilience and towards heightened sensitivity to interpersonal dynamics. Acts of “psycho-social harm” can now put you in courtroom.
- byPaul O'Halloran
‘Request, not require’: Bosses put on notice over Christmas rosters
Bosses can’t forcibly roster workers on days such as Christmas and Boxing Day, a landmark ruling has found.
- byElias Visontay
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AI
‘Cheats let through’: Firefighters caught out in AI recruitment bungle
Recruitment of NSW fire station leaders is in turmoil after dozens of candidates were disqualified – then reinstated – after using AI in their applications.
- byEryk Bagshaw
Opinion
Workplace culture
Five clear signs you’ve become indispensable at work
Think that your work wouldn’t function without you? That might actually be a good thing.
- byRoxanne Calder
Opinion
Work therapy
Am I wasting my time by writing a cover letter?
Jobseekers have been conditioned over the past decade to understand that seriously researched and carefully crafted applications are not worth the effort.
- byJonathan Rivett
Opinion
Graduates
The silent crisis in our workplace no one’s talking about
There’s a major problem in nearly all of our workplaces, and if we don’t address it now, it will easily snowball into a wider economy-sized problem.
- byTim Duggan