Yesterday
The two trends making Gen Z tech grads less ‘job ready’
Employers remain satisfied with the quality of today’s graduates. But they believe two forces are working against them.
- Euan Black
June
‘My graduate job starting salary was $343,000 – here’s why’
Some law and investment banking firms in Britain are paying graduates in their early 20s enormous salaries. The financial rewards are vast but come at a big cost.
- Kimberley Bond
May
Female graduates beat males on all fronts – except salary
The gender pay gap is reducing – slowly – over time. But women who graduate at the same time as men can still expect to earn significantly less.
- Julie Hare
The uni employers like most when hiring graduates
Curtin University ranked highest among bosses for the quality of graduates, but a survey found students who studied off campus lacked collaboration skills.
- Julie Hare
Law graduates are about to crack a salary record
Top-tier graduates will earn more than $100,000 this year – in Sydney only – but law firms remain tight-lipped on pay rates despite moves towards transparency elsewhere.
- Maxim Shanahan
Legal grad pay tops $110k, but wage gap still stubborn
The gender pay gap in the legal industry remains “stubbornly and consistently high”, a survey has found.
- Updated
- Maxim Shanahan
April
Graduate jobs market comes off the boil
Australia’s graduate job market has been red-hot, but there are early signs that the number of roles has started to wane.
- Updated
- Julie Hare
March
Big four consulting firms ban grads from using AI for job applications
The crackdown on AI applications has been driven by fears the tools can be used to unfairly help people improve their odds.
- Adam Mawardi
February
How to get a job at a top-tier law firm
Mere legal ability is no longer enough to secure a prized top-tier clerkship. Firms are looking for excellence in all aspects of life. Here’s our guide.
- Maxim Shanahan
Graduates reap rewards from booming jobs market
Students who graduated in 2019 have benefited hugely from historically low unemployment rates and massive skill shortages across the economy.
- Julie Hare
- Exclusive
- Graduate jobs
EY top of the pile for graduates
Despite a torrid year for the big management consultancies, they remain in strong demand as future employers.
- Julie Hare
Big recruiters stay ahead as grads shop around for best offers
Consultancies remain the big employer of graduates, whose preferences post-pandemic are favouring hybrid work roles.
- Julie Hare
Law firms get innovative in talent search
Competition for top grads is fierce, while pathways to law are widening.
- Anders Furze
Skill needs of professions underpins grad intake
Early-career recruitment is a key workforce strategy for accounting and professional services firms.
- Anders Furze
Applying with their ears pinned back
Faced with a cost-of-living crisis, and HECS debt-heavy, graduates are hunting far and wide for the right career opportunity.
- Julie Hare
December 2023
- Best Of 2023
- Jobs
LinkedIn’s top five jobs for graduates – and how much they pay
Accounting was one of the top five jobs for graduates this year, based on annual growth in hiring activity on the professional networking site LinkedIn.
- Euan Black
November 2023
Inaugural AFR university ranking will contain many surprises
The assessment will be the first in Australia that recognises traditional notions of excellence alongside important measures of student satisfaction and equity.
- Julie Hare
- Exclusive
- University
The secret plan to control what uni students can study
A major review is considering an external body to oversee all aspects of universities, potentially stripping them of their autonomy and independence.
- Julie Hare
No more 25pc pay increases for lawyers as market turns
The era of big pay rises and sign-on bonuses, and junior lawyers playing firms off against each other, is over as a flat legal market takes its toll.
- Maxim Shanahan
October 2023
What this leading law firm wants in a summer clerk
The roles are highly sought after, as law firms will generally draw the majority of their new starters from their pool of clerks.
- Edmund Tadros
