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C is the key

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
... narrative for the expectations index - down to 87.6 from October's 13-year high reading of 90.5. And so they should. There's jobs galore - at 4.1% in October, the unemployment rate is the lowest it's been in 17 years - and then there's the wealth effect ...

gigSuper reaches out to self-employed

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
... "The gig economy is going to transform the workplace in ways we don't expect," he argues. "We'll see a world of work, but jobs may increasingly become a rarity, and super in that context will need to be personalised and be on-demand. But it will also ...

YBR founder to lead government taskforce

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... of adopting certain technologies, including being 1.5 times more likely to grow revenue, eight times more likely to create jobs and 14 times more likely "to be innovating."

Where in the cycle is Australia?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
... has an upside - Australian businesses are hiring more workers. The latest labour market shows that another 3700 Aussies got jobs in October. Sure, this was significantly less than market expectations for a 17,500 gain but hey, the details are by far ...

Major banks overlooking elder abuse

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
... the risk of elder abuse. Amid NAB announcing thousands of redundancies recently and fears technology changes will replace jobs and close down branches, Riley said there are fears the other big banks will follow suit. When faced with new technology and ...

NAB hastily recruits after announcing job cuts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
Following NAB's announcement last week that it would reshape its workforce by cutting up to 6000 jobs, the banking group is immediately recruiting for 600 new, technology-based positions. Seeking specialists in the areas of software engineering, data ...

More clarity needed on NAB redundancies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... $6.64 billion profit. FSU national secretary Julia Angrisano said more detail is needed around how NAB has determined the jobs are to be cut, and where and when they will occur. "We have requested urgent talks with chief executive Andrew Thorburn and ...

NAB to simplify operations via job cuts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
About 4000 NAB employees look set to lose their jobs by 2020 as the bank further automates its business. Releasing its full year results, NAB said a reshaping of its workforce would see the creation of 2000 new jobs to 2020, though overall about 6000 ...

Jobs galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... annual growth in total employment surged to 3.1% in September from 2.7% in the previous month. This is the fastest rate of jobs growth in nine years (April 2008 at 3.3%). Even better, growth in full-time jobs has consistently accelerated over the past ...

Job openings in America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017
... quits rate remain at their highest level since the boom times before the GFC - indicating workers' confidence in finding jobs. Employers are not letting their workers go either with the rate of layoffs and discharges also back to pre-GFC levels.