Kerre Woodham: Take the jobs that are available

Well, the Reserve Bank has got what it wanted. Maybe not what it wanted, it's possibly the hard landing that they were hoping to avoid, but it got what it engineered.

Back in 2022 the Reserve Bank told a Select Committee that, yes, it was deliberately engineering a recession to rein back inflation after being slow to raise interest rates. Governor Adrian Orr said as a result of raising interest rates to slow spending, there would likely be a rise in unemployment, but it may be a job-rich slow down because of the severe lack of labour in the economy.

Jon Miltimore: Why We Shouldn't Fear AI Destroying Hundreds of Millions of Jobs

Workers, entrepreneurs, and companies should explore ways to incorporate artificial intelligence into their workflows and businesses—and give the job displacement fears a rest.

I recently saw a quote on Facebook attributed to Sigmund Freud that I was going to share on social media.

“One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful,” the quote read.

Garrick Tremain: Charles and jobs

 Here is Garrick Tremain's cartoon commentary on waiting for the right job! 

Tim Dower: We aren't dangling a big enough carrot for our jobs

More questions than answers, for me, on the residency carrot finally being dangled in a desperate attempt to plug gaps in the health sector.

Winter's looming, we're worried about another wave of Covid and all the other seasonal sniffles and the health system is already crying out for staff.

So, from now, another 32 job roles go on the green list. If you've got a qualification, you're in.

Have we left it too late? It looks like it.