Some 1,000 recruits are needed to train for work on roads, fresh water, stormwater and other infrastructure.

With oil fields generally in remote or unstable places, Sarah Balsom feels lucky to be based in Taranaki.

NZ Post has secured agreement from the Government allowing it to move to three day a week letter deliveries from 2015 but rural areas will still retain their current services.

A casual chat with the right person can give you that networking edge .

Chamber of Commerce is offering youngsters a road to a job through pilot pre-employment course.

KiwiSaver for minimum wage earners, schemes shutting down and KiwiSaver for the self-employed...

A trainee carpenter from Herne Bay is one step closer to winning a national award after being shortlisted in an apprentice of the year contest.

Contributions holiday is automatic when people leave, but lump sum payments can be made at any time.

Wage and salary earners' incomes rose 4.8 per cent at the median over the year ended June, but the increase reflected an ageing of the working population as well as higher rates of pay.

Having put their collective feet up on the desk as they contemplate retirement, baby boomers have been overtaken by Gen Xer as the most productive generation.

People have been talking about increasing women in leadership for decades, yet little progress has been made over the past 10 years.

Auckland business Douglas Pharmaceuticals, founded in 1967 by managing director Sir Graeme Douglas, is one of the fastest-growing pharmaceutical development and manufacturing companies in the Pacific area.

When people meet for the first time, the conversation often touches on what they do for a living. Responses to the question "what do you do?" can vary widely, from detailed narratives of work tasks to a one-word job title.

Employment courts are looking at company redundancy decisions to check that newly created jobs are not the same as the ones being axed and that there is a solid business case for cutting staff numbers.

Continuing professional development is a must for anyone who wants to get ahead in a world where everything from plumbing to brain surgery is changing at a pace.

New Zealand has one of the highest job turnover rates but experts say this shows people are willing to take job risks in a recovering economy.

Many bigger companies have launched graduate programmes as a way to attract the best and brightest straight out of university and nurture them into the culture of the company.

President Francois Hollande denied he was returning France to the age of state interventionism as he launched 34 projects.

Self-employment can give people more control and a new challenge, say Tracy Rowsell and Craig Gower.

With business confidence at a three-year high and demand for construction workers soaring, there may never have been a better time to get into a trade.

Last year, 70% of the approximately 34,000 NZ employees whose organisations took part in Kenexa Best Workplaces 2012 agreed that their organisation is a fun place to work.

You know something bad is about to happen when the entire company is called to an emergency meeting, led by a 'Transition Manager' from overseas ...