Published: October 12, 2026 The first step into a professional career may be changing as employers adopt artificial intelligence tools that can perform some routine analysis, drafting, customer support and administrative tasks. At the IMF and World Bank meetings in Bangkok on October 12, Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam warned that demand for first jobs was...

Several technology and IT companies are reassessing immigration and workforce plans after the US government suspended their access to parts of the employment-based green-card process. Reuters reported on October 8 that the administration had suspended key technology companies, including Microsoft and Adobe, as well as major IT outsourcers, from the PERM labour-certification programme. The administration...

Ontario’s decision to suspend student-aid payments for private career colleges is creating difficult choices for learners who rely on government funding to complete job-focused training. Reports this week said the province acted after identifying possible irregularities involving a small number of institutions and referred concerns for further investigation. The decision has placed students and colleges...

A reported US suspension affecting green-card labour certification filings by several major Indian IT companies has raised uncertainty for employees who hope to build long-term careers in the United States. The Indian Express reported on October 9 that several top Indian IT firms had been suspended from filing applications connected to the Permanent Labor Certification...

A Cooler Labour Market US employers added only 29,000 jobs in September, while the unemployment rate remained at 4.2%, according to the latest labour-market reporting. The slowdown suggests that employers are becoming more cautious as 2026 enters its final quarter. Healthcare, construction and manufacturing continued to add workers, while government, temporary-help services and financial activities...

WA's record infrastructure pipeline across hospitals, ports and energy is fuelling a construction jobs boom, even as skills shortages persist.

The 2026 WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards have celebrated ten category winners, recognising outstanding care across the state's health system.

A new WA Jobs and Workforce Hub consolidates career, visa and upskilling information into one platform, aiming to ease workforce shortages.

AI and job security concerns are reshaping how Australian workers, including in WA, approach their careers, with many chasing pay rises over job moves.