A report highlighting employment opportunities for youth in Murrindindi Shire has delivered some hopeful news for young people and local employers, with a number of growing industries and job opportunities in our region.

Whether you are a student at school looking for a career path, seeking a career change or looking for employment, the expo will present all the opportunities.

Major West Australian businesses want key barriers to migration dropped to boost the number of skilled workers and help address a critical skills shortage, which the state government describes as one of the biggest constraints on the economy.

Mr Zahrah has been been managing a Brisbane barber shop despite living in Sydney.(ABC News: Alexander Lewis)

With almost full employment, nearly everyone willing and able to work is in a position already. So which industries are feeling the squeeze, and why?

Businesses are offering sign-on bonuses of up to $10,000 to entice new workers into a gig, as Australia records its lowest unemployment level in 48 years.

The Fair Work Commission (FWC) recently dealt with a case of an employee who argued she was unfairly dismissed because of two negative Google reviews received by the business.

To go to work, or to attend an appointment to “find” work – that’s the question one worker is asking himself under the federal government’s new Workforce Australia employment services system.

Young people will struggle with the side effects of the COVID-19 recession on the jobs market for years despite the nation’s rapid fall in unemployment, according to research that warns a rise in interest rates could exacerbate the problem.

benefits: a great culture, an opportunity to learn from leading academics, something different from what they might be able to experience in their own countries etc. Those who have ever lived, worked, or studied overseas will know that moving to a new cou

Nurses are needed more than ever, but they are burnt out and fatigued, and some are even leaving the industry.

A man living in regional Victoria has been told to attend job agency appointments more than 60km away under the federal government’s new $1.5bn-a-year Workforce Australia program.

Australia's official unemployment rate has dropped to 3.5 per cent, with an estimated 88,400 jobs added to the economy last month.

Employment lawyers are warning workers that their bosses can compel them to show up at the office even in the face of surging coronavirus cases.

The assistant minister for rural health has outlined her priorities, including boosting workforce in regional areas and strengthening Medicare.

Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe is expected to lift interest rates a number of times this year.(ABC News: John Gunn)

The 'Build a Life in WA' campaign is being expanded internationally to help attract skilled workers to Western Australia and fill key skill shortages across a range of jobs.

New research by workforce experts at Flinders University and Charles Darwin University shows that efforts by skilled migrants to meet employer demands for Australian qualifications result in only marginal returns for these efforts, at least in the short t

A bold new program has been cooked up to address a shortage of skilled workers in kitchens on the Sunshine Coast and beyond. TAFE Queensland has encouraged people to turn their passion for cooking into a career, with their new Intensive Apprenticeship

The Australian labour market has confidently emerged out of two years of pandemic lockdowns with many employees enthusiastically returning to their workplaces – (including in remote and hybrid working arrangements) – in what some commentators have called