COMMENT: This week's jobs figures look fantastic, but they disguise flat real GDP per hour worked and an essentially stagnant economy.

Chanelle Haffenden has been overwhelmed with job offers after she appeared in the Herald with a "hire me" sign.

Some big brand employers have got behind a campaign to get 500 young people into jobs in 50 days.

New Zealand's unemployment rate fell below 5 per cent for the first time since December 2008.

Recent debates were like the job interview in the presidential race, with plenty of lessons - try these tips.

It doesn't have the most glamorous duties in the world, but here's why nearly 10,000 people are vying for this job.

More than 50 library staff at Auckland Council could lose their jobs before Christmas in a big shake up and cost-cutting exercise.

Three directors have stepped down from the board of Blue Sky Meats due to an age-related clause in the constitution.

Salvation Army recommends tightening immigration rules further beyond last week's Government decisions to raise the point system.

Bunnings has defended the sacking of a disabled man, saying details of the situation can't be discussed publicly.

The worst job interview experiences have been revealed on social media.

It's the catch-22 of the jobs market: you need a degree to compete, but employers want candidates with experience.

Employers views on inked employees are changing.

Job advertisements on jobs website Seek rose 9.9 per cent in the year to August.

A Kaitaia schoolgirl who has organised three community meetings about a spate of suspected youth suicides in the town says she is frustrated that adult agencies have not been more supportive.

Small businesses have been hurt by the gastro outbreak in Havelock North.

The jobless rate has fallen to 5.1 per cent, says Statistics NZ.

More than 50 countries face the risk of a pension crisis as the number of people over the age of 65 exceeds the young.

A survey of 1000 full and part-time employees, as well as the self-employed, examined job satisfaction, technology, productivity and general health of workers

More than three quarters of Kiwis are actively looking for a new job, up more than 20 per cent in six months.

Roger Ailes resigned as head of the Fox News Channel leaving Rupert Murdoch to settle frayed nerves.

Theresa May's rapid rise to prime minister will help the UK economy skirt a recession following the Brexit vote.

Life after university can mean more wealth and health, but challenges remain.

Our biggest building company is off to London as it searches for new staff to help keep up with a massive boom in construction work.

Faking your CV and ranting on social media and surefire ways to get fired.

Don't be too hung up on experience - attitude counts for more than you realise.

On NZ Herald Focus – The Treasury is warning that record levels of immigration could push New Zealanders out of low-skilled jobs and Islamic State militants launch a major counter-attack on Iraqi government troops in Fallujah. Also Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood is a father again at the age of 68 after his wife gave birth to twin girls.

Look around - in the next few years, most of your colleagues will be gone, a leading workplace expert has warned. But there's good news.

COMMENT: A generation seems not to have the work skills, aptitude and life skills to work for the wages employers are able to pay, writes Bernard Hickey.

New Zealand's jobless rate rose in the first quarter as the nation's labour force recorded its biggest increase in 12 years.