Do you have a work bestie? A pretty straightforward (if paraphrased) question you'd think, but it still made me sit back and think. By Alan Perrott

For many school-leavers university is a great option. It can lead to rewarding careers.

January is a great time to re-assess your life and career progress, ask "Am I enjoying my job and career?

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.

A negative experience can stimulate enlightenment; it can reveal the best way forward and motivate you towards it

Not so long ago, parents of a teenager wanting to be an artist or a musician would tell them to get a real job but that perception has changed

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.

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.

It all started when a "self-taught engineer, extreme introvert, science-nerd, anime-lover, college dropout" wrote that she was tired of stereotypes.

Workers who strive for perfection may not always make the best employees.

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.