Careers
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For this career move, getting older is actually an advantage
There are a bunch of myths about work that we tend to believe. One of the most persistent is that the older you get, the harder it is to switch careers.
- Tim Duggan
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That meeting you hate may stop AI from stealing your job
The job of presenting, debating, lobbying or just plain selling the work is rising in importance.
- Noam Scheiber
Kate McClymont has been threatened, ridiculed and abused. But that’s not what brought her to tears
Our youngest to our longest-serving journalists reveal what it means to work at the Herald and some of their big, memorable moments.
‘It wears away at the pay packet’: Grandmothers cut work hours to do free childcare
As more households need two parents working full-time to survive, grandmothers are reducing their own work and income to offer childcare. Some say they should be paid.
- Wendy Tuohy
Heading to the work Christmas party? The 10 personalities to look out for
From the veteran co-worker who bangs on about how good things were 30 years ago to the awkward manager who stays way too long, the work Christmas party is a parade of characters. Which one are you?
- Rob Crossan
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- Opinion
For a growing share of Australians, time – not money – is the scarcest resource
Most Australians expect happiness to grow steadily with age and experience. But the data tells a different story.
- Daniel Kiely
Do you work too hard? The Brisbane suburbs where people work the longest hours
Search our interactive map to see how many hours full-time workers in your suburb are spending on the job.
- Marissa Calligeros, Dominique Tassell and Craig Butt
I went from high school dropout to professor. What I did next shocked my colleagues
I had an unfortunate knack for finding work environments that were completely inappropriate for me as a young person, but a diagnosis explained a lot.
- Sandra Thom-Jones
Zara was about to turn 30. So she decided to retire
As working lives lengthen, young people are reassessing the value of a continuous career path and opting to prioritise personal development and wellbeing. But it comes with risks.
- Shona Hendley
Learn to code? Maybe not any more
Politicians preached it, universities packaged it and teenagers took up Python and JavaScript. Now, amid an AI boom, graduates are facing a world of anxiety.
- David Swan and Bronte Gossling