Posts by Laura Webster
The AI hire your competitors are actually making
Your next AI hire probably isn’t one person. There are a lot of businesses trying to write the same job description at the moment. They want someone who can set the AI strategy, fix the data, put governance in place, manage the stakeholders and still deliver something useful. Ideally, quickly. The problem is that this…
Read MoreNot every lawyer wants to be a partner. AI is opening another door.
For as long as I can remember, the legal profession has offered a well-defined career path. Graduate. Lawyer. Associate. Senior associate. Special counsel. Partner. For plenty of lawyers, that’s still exactly where they want to end up. But over the past 12 months, I’ve had more conversations with lawyers who don’t want to make partner…
Read MoreThe AI Paradox: Why Australia’s Digital Transformation is Stalling
Australian organisations are investing heavily in digital transformation and AI tools, but across the country, ambitious projects are hitting a roadblock. It is not a failure of technology, the AI models and platforms are available, it is a failure of capability. Despite having all the necessary tools, Australian teams are struggling to execute. The core…
Read MoreAI is the Slowest Change Will Ever Be: Talent, Transformation, and the Future of Careers in Australia
The story of finance is inextricably linked to the story of information. Historically, the earliest written documents were tax records. Today, finance is again at the forefront of a monumental technological shift: the Generative AI transformation. But this isn’t just an efficiency drive, or a finance issue; it’s fundamentally reshaping job roles, talent requirements, and…
Read MoreWhy Finance Roles Are Taking Longer to Fill, and What Salary Data Tells Us About It
If you’re hiring finance professionals outdated salary data could be costing you candidates, and time. Our Australia Finance Salary Guide 2025 reveals that specialist accounting roles are taking 2–4 weeks longer to fill than generalist ones. Why? Because employers are underestimating what it takes to attract talent with hybrid skills like Finance + ESG, Tax…
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