AI mass job cuts at Atlassian

AI mass job cuts at Atlassian

This AI mass job losses story is from David Swan at the Sydney Morning Herald. “Billionaire chief executive Mike Cannon-Brookes fired 10 per cent of Atlassian’s total headcount over email on Thursday, axing around 1600 workers and prompting anger among its...
Is a uni degree a wise choice?

Is a uni degree a wise choice?

I’ve spent a lot of my working life looking at résumés, especially from uni graduates. After scanning each résumé one by one, I soon developed a strategy to process them. First, I’d look for the candidate’s current role, measuring up their competence and...
Beware those job assessments!

Beware those job assessments!

A LinkedIn writer was just “invited” to complete a “short” writing test for a job application. The test: a 1,000‑word tax article an IG post a 200–300 word explainer That’s not a writing test. That’s unpaid work in the $2,000+ range. So I went back to the job post and...
Ai killing entry level jobs –

Ai killing entry level jobs –

This is from Malcolm Knox at the SMH. He nailed one of the main issues with AI. Jobs for young people will go. Young people may consider letting the petrol bombs fly. Listening to the AI assistant fail to solve my problem, I thought there’s another job I’m glad my...
The week AI came for Australian jobs

The week AI came for Australian jobs

AI arrives, there go the jobs. This is from the Sydney Morning Herald, written by David Swan. It was 1am when Natalie MacDonald’s phone lit up. The email’s subject line told her everything she needed to know before she’d read a word of it. After she had spent seven...