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Recruiting for global accounting and consulting giant PwC (formerly known as PriceWaterhouseCoopers) is difficult at the best of times. As one of the ‘Big 4” accounting and consulting firms, it is perenially in competition for the same pool of candidates as its rivals, Deloitte, EY, and KPMG. PwC’s job listings in Australia currently number in…

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Two months ago Microsoft announced it was bringing the power of next-generation AI to its workplace productivity tools with Microsoft 365 Copilot. Currently in testing with an initial wave of 600 invitation-only enterprise customers worldwide, Copilot combines the power of large language models (LLMs) with business data and the Microsoft 365 apps, to unlock the…

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The landscape for recruiters and consultancies servicing the labour force requirements of the Federal Government is set to change dramatically after the Audit of Employment within the Australian Public Service was released late last week by the Department of Finance. The audit examined the 2021-22 financial year, to analyse how the APS was outsourcing work,…

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Nearly three decades ago I was recruiting for the Australian head office of an Asian international airline. The hiring manager, a white Australian, told me he didn’t want any Asian candidates for a junior accounting vacancy as “…they all just go back home if there are any family issues in their home country”. Thankfully, it…

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Despite the many recent headlines highlighting large-scale job losses in huge global companies, predominantly in the technology and consulting sectors, the employment outlook in Australia remains positive. Last Thursday’s job vacancy data for February showed both total vacancies (438,500 – see graph, above) and the proportion of businesses reporting at least one vacancy (24.3%), exceeding…

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