South Australian employers are more likely to select staff through personal networks, a parliamentary committee has been told. Image: John Jones / Flickr

Local

It's who you know, if you want a job in Adelaide

South Australian employers are more likely than their interstate counterparts to choose staff through personal networks rather than by advertising positions, a parliamentary inquiry has been told.

News

Call to scrap 'eastern states-equivalent' minimum wage for migrants to SA

Regulations forcing South Australian employers to pay eastern states-equivalent wages to migrants and preventing many international students from working here should be scrapped, the migration industry’s peak body says.

News

Administrators shut down York Civil, affecting hundreds of workers

UPDATED | SA construction company York Civil will close today after administrators found the business too low on cash and impossible to sell.

Opinion

It's time to end the pressure to go to university

Too many students are steered away from vocational education and training at a cost to their future job prospects, writes Minister for Industry and Skills David Pisoni.

Opinion

The soul-crashing sadness of 'bullshit jobs'

Job titles such as “ninja”, “catalyst” and “brand evangelist” hide the fundamentally pointless nature of a new class of employment. Malcolm King explores the dehumanising world of whacko titles and bullshit jobs.