Fears of a resurgent skills exodus across the Tasman are growing after new research found a growing Australian skills shortage.

A business group aims to give female leaders a boost through the glass ceiling.

More secondary school and university students should consider accounting and finance as a career, says a recruitment specialist.

The number of firms wanting to take on new staff has grown to its highest level in nine months.

Newcomers need not let their talents go to waste.

Officers searching for a runaway car were stunned to suddenly see "sparks flying and the car heading straight towards them" at an intersection.

A police recruitment drive is aiming to almost double the number of female police officers working the beat.

Job-seeking online is about more than checking postings, says Cassandra Gaisford/

The general feel from the jobs market right now is cautious optimism, writes Kate Ross.

Most workplaces seem ill-prepared to accommodate the new law change which would allow managers to exercise more control over workers' regular breaks.

A departing Fonterra executive has pipped CEO Andrew Ferrier's take-home salary, receiving total payments of up to $3.72 million.

Recruitment specialist Kate Ross shares the reservations she has about websites like Facebook and Twitter.

Facebook and other social networking websites have become the hottest tools in the tech-savvy job-seeker's kit in this recession.