Job Market stories
Employers can now verify applicants' ability through monitored work simulations, as AI-generated tasks aim to curb résumé inflation and hiring fraud.
Channel jobseekers face a median five years' experience requirement, with only 41 of 362 live adverts open to candidates with two years or less.
Students are increasingly worried AI could hit graduate hiring, with 55% naming it their second-biggest concern worldwide.
Workers in education and public service are confronting strikes and shrinking demand as AI starts replacing tasks once done by people.
The real risk is not sentient machines but systems that can shape loans, jobs and treatments before humans can meaningfully intervene.
Australia's labour market sent mixed signals in August, but inflation worries still leave the Reserve Bank likely to lift interest rates next week.
Unemployment at an 11-year high is driving Labour's plan to spend more than GBP £4 billion on jobs and public repairs.
Australian households and debt-laden firms face further borrowing-cost pressure, with CreditorWatch seeing no chance of the RBA standing pat in September.
Demand for cyber and compliance help is driving the firm's Dublin expansion, which will lift headcount from 60 to 110 by 2029.
The review says delayed tightening helped drive inflation to 7.3 percent, forcing sharper rate rises and weighing on growth and jobs.
Mandala Partners says the payments platform's customers supported 29,000 jobs and lifted small-business productivity as exports surged sixfold.
Trade customers in Pāpāmoa will soon get quicker access to supplies, as Mitre 10's new MEGA store adds a walk-up entrance and drive-thru.
The spend will expand local cloud capacity as UK demand for AI and data services rises, with healthcare and finance among target sectors.
Most Australian businesses are losing revenue as vacancies linger for 5.8 months on average, a survey has found.
After housing costs, beneficiaries have just NZD $251 a week on average, with rent swallowing nearly half their income.
Most senior leaders are open to moving on as work-life balance, flexibility and AI-driven change outweigh pay in retention decisions.
The refresh reflects a shift towards payroll and HR services, as the group seeks to win employers needing both software and specialist support.
The plan would give New Zealand a dedicated AI office and tougher copyright protections, aiming to curb risks and share gains with workers.
Rising fuel and borrowing costs are squeezing Australian households and firms, bolstering expectations the Reserve Bank may lift rates again in September.
The plan could speed testing for new financial products and shape rules on data sharing, payments and digital assets across the sector.
