Pushing forward with a positive attitude can help you on your way to your dream job

Annual holidays are often our best chance to spend real quality time with our families and friends and to remember that most of us work to live not the other way around.

When her career took an unexpected turn, Elisabeth Easther consulted a career counsellor for advice.

November 10 is Equal Pay Day. There is 14 per cent of the year left to run and, as New Zealand women on average earn 14 per cent an hour less than men, women effectively work from now until the end of the year unpaid.

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

NZ companies are failing to develop skills in graduates say recruitment specialists.

Ever wondered what it's really like to be a pastor or a psychic? Or what a bikini waxer really thinks about their job? Here, nine Kiwis with very different careers reveal - anonymously - the secrets of their working day.

Survey reveals employees leave jobs in the search for better workplace values.

New York is calling New Zealanders who want to develop their career overseas.

It's important to find out more about what you truly enjoy and then align this with your future goals.

Middle managers are significantly likelier to suffer symptoms of depression and anxiety than their counterparts at the top or bottom of the hierarchy, a study has found.

We need to return to a leadership land where we put people ahead of money, short-term opportunism and pure shareholder interest, writes Chris Till.

Chief information officers can no longer be boxed in as IT managers, and their rise in the organisation is changing their career path.

Urgently, we need to increase the availability and scope of apprenticeships to meet the changing demands of our economy.

The workplace can be a breeding ground for stress. Deadlines, performance reviews, restructuring; employees are often faced with big issues they feel are beyond their control.

Employees are asking for it, organisations are formalising it, and there are clear business benefits for the part-time professional role, but how do you make it work successfully in your organisation?

Kevin Bowler is chief executive of Tourism New Zealand, the Crown Entity responsible for growing the $10 billion international visitor market for New Zealand.

Workers’ advocate says strategy needed to take NZ beyond reliance on core industries with job initiatives to help lift remote areas.

Barriers to tertiary study broken down with initiative to get kids’ hands dirty, reports Raewyn Court.

Kids, if you want the dough, forget about becoming a fireman, a teacher or a newsreader. You want to become the boss of a publicly listed company, Heather du Plessis Allan writes.

Taking the stairs, eating lunch on the run and moving around the office help to offset the dangers of sitting all day at work.

When Vee Kessner wanted to do a design-based degree, Kessner's mother told her she needed to get a business qualification under her belt.