Studies have shown that while an occasional marathon can spur production, a steady diet of long days has the opposite effect.

Non-standard work has grown much faster than traditional employment following the economic crash of 2008.

As it warms up in the US and workers are challenged with what to wear, the Career Coach outlines what's appropriate.

If the trends of the past 30 years had continued, America would have seen a million more entrepreneurs over the last decade than it did. So why didn't it?

Welcome to my regular series My Light Bulb Moment. This column highlights a blinding flash of insight business, cultural and sports leaders have experienced and how it changed their lives.

Though it's fine to suggest career choices, it's wrong to impose them, especially your own unfulfilled career dreams.

Dr Juliet Newson's job as a geothermal reservoir modelling engineer at Contact Energy has her harnessing computer power to visualise the underground steam resources of the Wairakei area.

Successful people don't put things off. Instead, as much as possible they finish what they've started.

Maybe you buy a Lotto ticket, have a flutter on the horses or even try your luck at the blackjack table, but would you gamble your salary?

We need to think of not for profit board seats as a deep responsibility and a job that requires due care and attention.

Most US workers aren't comfortable discussing their pay with anyone at the office other than their boss or the HR department.

The rising trend of intelligent machines replacing human workers is contributing to a scarcity of jobs.

Employers are adding online personality tests to their screening processes to gauge candidates work ethic.

Job listings in the design and architecture industry have surged 49 per cent in the past year.

There can be some negative impacts of transformation projects - here are some ways to cope.

A man who was dismissed from his job after his legs were crushed by a car in a freak accident wants to take his former employer to court again.

Workplace climate is driven by individual leaders and managers Robyn Pearce says.

Karla L. Miller answers a reader question about how to deal with a boss and his interpreter.

Is there any way it would be acceptable to ask a hiring manager for the salary range before agreeing to an interview?

It's a fine balance, the juggle between workplace responsibilities and child rearing. But it's a reality of life for an increasing number of us, with recent statistics revealing that up to 40% of NZ mothers return to work before their child is a year old.

Angela Ahrendts, Apple's senior vice president of retail and online stores, was the highest-paid female executive in the US last year.

Employment grew strongly in the first three months of the year but labour force growth was stronger still, keeping wage inflation subdued and raising the odds of an interest rate cut.

Married-couple, child-rearing families with male sole-breadwinners are five times more prevalent than those with female sole-breadwinners.

When John Key decided to become acquainted (repeatedly) with a Parnell waitress' ponytail, he surely had little idea of the international furore that would ensue.

Karla L. Miller gives advice to a reader on how to handle undeserved blame in the workplace.

New US government data tells us which industries' employees drink the most and which do the most drugs.

The area of organisational creativity has experienced a large increase over the past 30 years.