It's simply a reality that we can't always move into the "perfect job". Sometimes we have to build up to it, sometimes we have to consider taking stepping-stone jobs.

American workplace adviser, Karla L. Miller, explains the legalities around interviewing job applicants about their mental health.

Author Susan Cain explains office layout for introverts - who make up up to half of the American population - and an alternative to the open plan office design.

A growing number of researchers are turning to big data in hopes of unlocking the secrets of the economy at the speed of the Internet.

Some companies are asking why not get rid of the management structure altogether?

Kiwi workers would jump ship for a 6 per cent pay rise, a new international employment survey indicates.

A sawmilling company "completely misused" their drug and alcohol policy to drug test 190 staff after cannabis plants were found on company grounds, a union says.

Google's decision to lay bare its lack of diversity ramps up the pressure on other Silicon Valley companies to increase the number of women and minorities among technology workers.

After a highly successful New Zealand representative career comprising 25 tests and 93 one-day internationals, Martin Snedden practised as a lawyer and partner of an Auckland law firm.

Washington Post career coach Joyce E.A. Russell answers questions from readers, dispensing advice to new graduates ready to enter the world of work.

Employers may be asked to do more for staff who are victims of domestic violence, if the Domestic Violence-Victims' Protection Bill is passed by Parliament.

Incomes have become more unequal in recent decades and pay raises have been infrequent and skimpy for workers because they won't share pay information.

Logan Greasley plans to enter the mining industry as soon as possible and make all the money he can, driving the biggest rigs he can get his hands on.

A marketing survey found about three quarters of men and women polled admitted to using their smartphones on the toilet.

How to navigate the modern workplace where sensitive information is concerned.

McDonald's Chief Executive Don Thompson, defending the fast-food chain after worker protests this week, said its restaurants pay a fair wage.

The number of job advertisements online and in newspapers rose 2.3 per cent last month, continuing the trend of the three previous months.

Two years after running the Demand Equal Pay campaign to raise awareness around equal pay, the YWCA organisation is taking that campaign one step further.

Open-book management is a system in which every employee is walked through the detailed financial statements of the company on a regular basis.

What is life like without a job for six months? It is a struggle, those at the coalface say.

Award-winning American author, professor and researcher David L. Blustein is visiting Auckland this month and he has a few things he wants to say to New Zealanders about the meaning of work in people's lives.

Welcome to my regular column entitled "My Light Bulb Moment". This series highlights a "blinding flash of insight" business, cultural and sports leaders have had in their career, and how this changed their lives forever.

If we ripped up the wage floor, would pay for low-skill workers actually fall all that much? It's hard to say.

Giant listed landlord Goodman Property Trust pushed up annual after-tax profit 72.1 per cent, making $134.1 million in the year to March 31.

Studies show that diversity is a good thing in the workplace - it brings better ideas, more creativity and freshness into a business, it also helps organisations understand and work in different markets.

Two British health researchers are gearing up to challenge New Zealanders' unusually high tolerance of what many countries consider a social evil - inequality.

A union body leading prosecutions over the deaths of forestry workers has applauded a coroner for tackling the problem, which it described as unsustainable and intolerable.

Web-based tests have become a key gateway to landing a job, a potent screening tool that can effectively bump a CV to the top of a manager's pile.

Think of your manager as your number one customer, says psychologist Keith McGregor. It's a concept most people haven't thought of when they complain "my boss never listens to me" or "my boss takes no interest in what I'm doing".