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We evolved to form snap judgments about who’s friend and who’s foe, but we need to be more evolved now.
Students who graduate college with essential digital skills are best positioned for the modern workforce.
New college graduates are having a harder time finding jobs — and are more likely to be unemployed and underemployed — than other workers.
Paying your way through uni, or even just earning some beer money, is practically essential. Just don’t let it get in the way of your studies
Job application burnout is real. Here are some best practices to keep you going.
Graduate pay rises over the first three years can vary by up to $30,000 depending on the choice of career, leading to warnings for high school-leavers to be realistic about being able to afford to live in a major capital city.
No technology in modern memory has caused mass job loss among highly educated workers. Will generative AI be an exception?
Some employers look to hire and continually turn over junior employees – sometimes harming young workers’ careers before they’ve even begun.
The adult world can feel big and scary at first. Can you start by reaching out to people you feel comfortable with?
Some employees are breaking up their working days into a few hours at a time, doing tasks flexibly and asynchronously in the new world of work.
The five best financial moves to make after landing your first full-time job.
It's the best job market in years and the pandemic has shredded office etiquette, but some traditional advice for new grads still applies.
The dangers of remote work compound, especially for young employees.
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In the rapidly evolving world of higher education and training, colleges and universities have a unique opportunity to leverage technology for the ben
Instead of focusing on generalizations about younger generations of workers, focus on learning how their priorities and values intersect with your business’s goals.
When it comes to virtual meetings, do the same norms around appearance apply? Is one background preferable to another? What attire should we wear? Do certain clothing colors translate better via webcam? Does anyone actually care? In a recent survey, the authors discovered that most people do have preferences about type of attire and backgrounds. They share their findings: Most people care about the background behind you. Most people just want to see the room behind you; very few prefer the fake virtual backgrounds. Respondents cared less about your clothing, but it still matters. Neutral colors are preferable unless you’re trying to portray yourself as “innovative” and business casual is the safest choice. However, if you want to be seen as an expert, then go more formal.
How to best work with AI matching systems on popular job sites such as LinkedIn, Indeed and ZipRecruiter.
How one short sentence can speak volumes.
Autistic people are eight times more likely to be unemployed than average, but a work placement program run by La Trobe University aims to change that.
Getting your job cut can be jarring, to say the least. But for workers who’ve never been through layoffs, it can sting particularly badly.
Work isn’t designed to make you feel anything good. But that can be a freeing realisation, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith
What should the college career center look like in this moment of seismic shifts in the job market and the economy—and growing skepticism of whethe
This week's Data Dive looks at highest-paying jobs for dropouts, education majors who don't teach and college majors with the highest unemployment rates.
Intuitively, it seems employers would want to hire the most skilled and experienced candidates. But that’s not always the reality.
What was your first job, and what did it teach you? We’re turning back the clocks and heading back into the supermarket and greasy fast-food joints to find out just why first jobs are so crucial in our careers and what they can teach us. If we put on our detective caps, we can look at our first jobs and pick up the little clues and insights about ourselves that can help us navigate our current career. And if you have kids, or are mentoring young people, we learn how we can advise teenagers on what to look for in their first job. Guests: , Curtin University School of Management and Marketing , teacher and author 50 Questions to Ask Your Teens: A Guide to Fostering Communication and Confidence in Young Adults
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