Upskilling stories
Worker trust is overtaking brand recognition as New Zealanders reward employers that offer strong leadership, fair treatment and career growth.
Nearly three-quarters of medium-sized firms have faced a cyber threat in six months, as AI scams and weak staff training heighten risk.
Rising savings and resilience demands are outpacing staffing, data and technology in large procurement teams, a survey finds.
Rising savings demands are colliding with staffing shortages and poor data, leaving procurement teams struggling to keep pace.
Widening AI use across office teams is leaving many firms exposed to security and governance risks, the company says.
Learning and development teams can now cut complex catalogue searches to minutes as OpenSesame expands its AI assistant across multiple topics.
With most firms using AI in daily work but few staff ready for it, the programme targets non-developers handling sensitive data and automations.
Businesses that cut staff too aggressively on AI savings may face higher costs later, with Gartner forecasting rehiring for 30% by 2029.
Workers in education and public service are confronting strikes and shrinking demand as AI starts replacing tasks once done by people.
The hire comes as the edtech unicorn scales delivery across the UK and Europe to meet rising demand for AI and workplace skills.
It comes as Talent backs a wider push to fill Australia's technology skills gap, with more than 1.3 million workers needed by 2030.
Security-conscious banks and defence agencies can now keep Cursor agents on their own infrastructure, reducing exposure of code, secrets and audit data.
Employers' AI investment is outpacing retraining, prompting Lumify to expand its leadership as it targets the workforce skills gap.
Faster threat detection and procurement are among the gains as Interactive pushes AI into daily work, while guarding against security and governance risks.
Persistent bias and narrow promotion criteria are still holding women back in tech, executives say, as AI threatens to widen the gap.
Training systems are struggling to keep pace as AI changes day-to-day tasks in UK skilled trades and raises replacement demand, Pearson says.
Scottish firms will get support to move from AI trials to day-to-day use, with readiness checks and consultancy aimed at boosting productivity.
As AI takes over routine tasks, Indian tech bosses say engineers must focus on judgement, ethics and deciding which problems matter most.
Organisations risk weakening security and productivity if AI is used to replace IT expertise rather than support training and oversight.
Most Australian leaders are using AI daily, but two-thirds are now planning to change jobs as flexibility and wellbeing outweigh pay.