Stephen Owens

Graduate hiring and AI: RBA spots early warning signs for young workers

New Reserve Bank research finds little sign AI has upended the jobs market so far. But the first signs of strain are turning up where HR teams usually hire their juniors

Graduate hiring and AI: RBA spots early warning signs for young workers

AI's productivity payoff is real but narrow. The bigger jobs test may come with the next downturn

Output per worker is climbing fast in a few AI-heavy U.S. industries while their payrolls shrink. Goldman Sachs research suggests the wider shakeout tends to wait for a recession

AI's productivity payoff is real but narrow. The bigger jobs test may come with the next downturn

A U.S. giant just collapsed spectacularly. What that teaches employers about succession planning

A profitable 95-year-old law firm came apart in weeks. Many employers are more exposed than they realise.

A U.S. giant just collapsed spectacularly. What that teaches employers about succession planning

Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 staff as AI costs mount

Eligible staff in four countries have until December to decide, as the company weighs AI spending against cost control

Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 staff as AI costs mount

Get ready for higher unemployment as Chalmers flags weaker growth

For employers, the talent shortage era is giving way to something harder to read

Get ready for higher unemployment as Chalmers flags weaker growth

Microsoft's new AI has just out-diagnosed generalist doctors. Whose job is next?

A diagnostic AI has just beaten GPs and internists on tough cases in a new Science study. For

Microsoft's new AI has just out-diagnosed generalist doctors. Whose job is next?

Barclays cuts 5,000 jobs as it leans on AI to lower costs

Roughly 60% of the roles affected are in support functions, including developers, the bank said in its quarterly results

Barclays cuts 5,000 jobs as it leans on AI to lower costs

Union calls for up to 35% pay hike

The ASU has filed the detail behind its bid to lift SCHADS award wages, leaving providers to plan for a pay bill nobody has yet agreed to fund

Union calls for up to 35% pay hike

Spill and fill at NAB? the HR questions behind 2,500 job cuts

Teams at the big four bank are reportedly reapplying for their own jobs

Spill and fill at NAB? the HR questions behind 2,500 job cuts

Out of work and staying there: jobseekers find it harder to get back in

New ABS flow data shows six in 10 people who were unemployed in August were still looking for work in September, the highest share for the month since the pandemic

Out of work and staying there: jobseekers find it harder to get back in