The new year is the opportunity for assessing the past 12 months and making a fresh start - it's good to use January as a time to re-evaluate your career, your habits, everything.

Long-serving Wellington radio host Justin du Fresne is retiring from his Saturday morning Newstalk ZB programme at the end of the year.

High school years are when teens face important decisions that will shape their future. But whom do they go to when they need advice?

Youngsters with ambitions, no matter how challenging or unlikely, will learn to focus and work hard.

Research suggests that Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer at Facebook, may be right to say female workers need to become far more aggressive, writes Ananish Chaudhuri.

Talented women are significantly under-represented in top jobs, but organisations can take action to level the playing field.

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.

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.

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.

Decisions, decisions - when you're a parent, they start early and continue, especially when it comes to education and careers for our children.

Does today's workforce "live to work", or do we "work to live" and simply go to work to pay the bills so we can enjoy our lives?

Entrepreneurs are driven by the next big idea, the next big trend, and NZ has a number of prominent people leading the way, including Xero's Rod Drury and the Ryan brothers of YikeBike fame.

Di Humphries, the former boss of Glassons women's wear chain, is seen as a strong contender for the top job at children's clothing retailer Pumpkin Patch after chief executive Neil Cowie resigned this week.

Three years ago, Jonathan Davison, 32, achieved his goal to climb Mt Everest. One year later he joined Mainfreight's graduate programme.

Country music star is still waiting for Hollywood to get on board, writes Barney McDonald.

With 'jobs for life' now a rarity, more people are juggling multiple roles.

Elizabeth Marvelly became a pop opera star at the age of 18. Six years on, though, the Kiwi singer is packing it in, deciding that she no longer wants to sing the classical music that has brought her fame and money.

The first batch of new chefs has graduated from the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu cooking school in Wellington today, including a former MasterChef contestant who will be working for one of the world's top ranked restaurants.

Molly Ringwald is still sitting pretty, finds Barney McDonald.

Rebecca Miller’s life was never going to be run-of-the-mill; her father was one of the world’s most famous playwrights. Then she fell in love with one of the world’s greatest actors.

Air NZ boss Christopher Luxon has sold everything from soap to icecream. Now he wants to sell tickets...