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Mark Gillard: What Generation X does next

Fall in house prices to be 'short-lived'

Quotable Value expert says activity is picking up and investors are starting to return to the market.

Can you make colleagues do the right thing?

What should you do when a boss doesn't thank you, or a colleague - ew - doesn't wash their hands?

Bryan Gould: Fair pay fight part of wider war for respect

Our failure to pay women at the same rate as we pay men is nevertheless an expression of a deeply entrenched attitude in our society, Bryan Gould writes.

What the best companies get right about salaries

Unhappy with your salary? You're not alone.

Harold Hillman: When will they discover that I'm an imposter?

Imposter syndrome is a prevalent worry for 75 per cent of high-achievers during their careers, writes Harold Hillman.

Robyn Pearce:'I never seem to get to the big jobs!'

Always ask yourself, 'What can I delegate or out-source?', writes Robyn Pearce.

Firms lock in cheap funding

Companies issuing more bonds amid expectation Reserve Bank will cut rates.

Forced out by 'pestering' boss

Retail manager says she felt something was wrong with boss' interactions.

Hilton's Masters competition a winner

Creating a competitive environment in the workplace doesn't sound like a recipe for success, but, in the case of Hilton Hotels & Resorts, it's a formula worth repeating, discovers Danielle Wright

Who says the office has to be in a building?

Once summer holidays are over, it's time to get out of our casual clothes, off the beach or mountain and head back to the office, writes Robyn Pearce.

Is this why no one wants the $400K job?

Stress of running own clinics seen as putting doctors off working in isolated country areas.

Best friends make work fun

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

Harold Hillman: Six signs of a control freak

If your need for perfection is stifling creativity in others, you may indeed qualify, writes Harold Hillman.

The $400K job that no one wants

Best of the Business Year: Two years of advertising fails to find recruit for smalltown role despite "ridiculous income".

Tiwai Point faces $20m back pay bill

New Zealand Aluminium Smelters has lost its Court of Appeal bid to overturn an Employment Court decision on payment for statutory holidays that fell on a weekend.

How a branded suit makes you better at your job

A recent study has found using brand-name gear can provide a noticeable placebo effect that could boost work performance.

Woman defrauded employer of $800k

A woman has been jailed after fraudulently obtaining more than $800,000 to fund her "extravagant" lifestyle.