'The company I work for does engagement surveys every year," said Alison, who works in retail in Auckland.

National has announced further steps to try to reduce benefit numbers by 25 per cent, including paying more people to move to other regions for jobs and bonus payments for those who stay in a job for a certain period of time.

Recruiters spend an average of six seconds looking at each resume that crosses their desk and New Zealanders are making silly errors that are costing them their dream jobs.

The skills shortage 'red flag' is going unnoticed in many regions as employers ignore the signals.

My 15-year-old daughter has had a KiwiSaver policy since the system began and has just started working one day a week at a local hotel.

Watercare chief executive Mark Ford - who is known as "The Fixer" - is expected to step down shortly for health reasons.

We're all just so "busy" these days. "Slammed" in fact. "Buried," writes blogger Meredith Fineman. "There seems to be a constant exchange, even a one-upping, of just how much we have on our plates when we communicate about our work."

About 80 Statistics New Zealand workers staged a rowdy protest during a day of strike action to highlight what they claim is unfair pay and an offer that excludes across the board pay-rises.

About 75 per cent of Auckland IT employers want to recruit additional staff in the coming year.

Frantic? Stressed from your never ending ‘to do’ list? A few simple tweaks can help you work smarter, writes Debbie Mayo-Smith.

The Green Party's policy to lift the minimum wage by almost $4 to $18 an hour by 2017 is undoubtedly smart politics.

Some university graduates hoping to break into well-paid careers are working months at a time as unpaid interns.

Would you let your boss trawl through your Facebook page? A global survey asked 10,000 participants just that question - so how many said yes?

Paige Toft and Braden Alsford count themselves lucky when it comes to making career choices.

A man was unfairly sacked from his father's company after a row about gossiping, the Employment Relations Authority says.

The social network is finding itself caught between being an open forum and patrolling for inappropriate content.

Only one female executive made it to the top-earner list of Japan's Nikkei 225 companies last year.

A banana ripener, chicken catcher, luge manager and dog wash attendant are some of the most weird and wonderful jobs on Trade Me.

The New Zealand workforce has changed dramatically over the past 24 years.

When Nicky Tonkin decided to work from home, the first thing she needed was to install a 90,000-litre swimming pool.

From restaurants to rocket-builders — businesses of all sorts share a common problem: Finding enough skilled staff. Anthony Doesburg reports.

Tips on getting new hires adjusted to the social and performance aspects of their new jobs quickly and smoothly.

The world's most valuable firm is the latest to report diversity numbers amid a debate about whether women and minorities are underrepresented at tech firms.