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

Greg Shanahan knows a lot about the New Zealand technology sector. For the past 15 years, he has been following the progress of almost 300 of the nation's top technology companies and reporting on their successes.

When thousands of university students graduate each year with shiny new degrees, competition for the best graduate jobs and internships can be fierce.

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.

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.

Most of us will experience career dissatisfaction some time in our working life, but working life doesn't have to be this way

It's the type of music that makes you want to sing out loud in the car or let loose on the dance floor - but listening to bass-heavy music like 50 Cent can also boost your confidence before an interview.

The way you come across to an interviewer sends a powerful message about you and how much you care about the job search process.

For the first time since the global recession hit, it is now easier to find a job in New Zealand than in Australia.

The jobs numbers out yesterday were less encouraging than the headline drop in the unemployment rate to 5.6 per cent suggests.

Employment growth slowed in the June quarter and outside Canterbury it stalled altogether.

When carpenter Samuel Parnell arrived in New Zealand in 1840, he was asked by a shipping agent to build a store on Lambton Quay.

Prisoners at Auckland's new $300 million private men's jail could be building or fixing metal skip bins.

ERA decisions in the past two years show workers frequently receive compensation after being unjustifiably fired for swearing at, or threatening, their bosses.

EBay says women make up 42pc of its staff - a more diverse workforce than many other Silicon Valley technology companies.

Labour wants to repeal the law changes that were ceded to Warner Bros over The Hobbit films, a move which the Govt says would cripple the $3b screen industry.

Returning Kiwis are faring better than ever in the recruitment stakes and are being met with open arms by some employers.