Euan Black

Australia, Melbourne

Work and Careers Reporter at Australian Financial Review

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William Goodge is trying to run across Australia in a record 35 days. This is why and how he will do it

4 weeks ago | afr.com | Euan Black

Skip to navigationSkip to contentSkip to footerHelp using this website - Accessibility statementPain is inevitable when you attempt to run across Australia in a record 35 days, but William Goodge reckons he has a type of “superpower” that will help him push through it. It’s not god-like strength or an inability to get hurt, but the knowledge that, no matter how bad he feels in his toughest moments, things could always be so much worse. Loading...
Forget perks and benefits. This is what employees really care about

1 month ago | afr.com | Euan Black

Buried in the submissions of this year’s Financial Review BOSS Best Places to Work awards is an inconvenient truth for a journalist charged with finding a fresh angle to write about. Although the entrants’ exact policies may differ from year to year, the things that make a workplace great haven’t really changed. Loading...
What the research actually says about WFH

1 month ago | afr.com | Euan Black

Euan BlackWork and careers reporterApr 9, 2025 – 6.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? If we needed another reminder of how much Australians valued working from home, we were given it on Sunday evening when Peter Dutton abandoned his controversial return-to-office policy. Loading...
How your brain changes when you run a marathon

1 month ago | afr.com | Euan Black

Euan BlackWork and careers reporterApr 8, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Scientists have discovered another fuel source for runners. Myelin, the fatty substance that helps the nerve cells in our brains transmit electrical signals more effectively, was once believed to be an inert structure that didn’t change much after it was made.
Put tech-savvy 20-year-olds on ASX company boards: HR boss

1 month ago | afr.com | Euan Black

Euan BlackWork and careers reporterApr 1, 2025 – 6.05pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Employers should add talented Gen Z workers to their boards or set up parallel technology advisory boards to get the most out of their best tech-savvy employees, a prominent HR professional has argued.
Diversity push triggers bidding war for female talent

1 month ago | afr.com | Euan Black

Euan BlackWork and careers reporterApr 1, 2025 – 5.04pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? ASX-listed companies have sparked a bidding war for senior female talent by focusing on getting women into leadership positions without increasing the number of women entering their industries, business leaders have warned. “All that stuff at the top ...
AHRI research finds employers aren’t introducing stricter office attendance rules

1 month ago | afr.com | Euan Black

Euan BlackWork and careers reporterMar 31, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? White-collar employers who have ordered staff to attend the office more frequently over the past six months should be regarded as outliers and not part of a large-scale return to in-office work, research suggests.
Labor’s changes to workplace diversity laws could backfire, says Pru Goward

1 month ago | afr.com | Euan Black |Patrick Durkin

Mar 28, 2025 – 12.35pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Former sex discrimination commissioner Pru Goward says a Labor bill that grants the federal minister for women powers to set gender equality targets for companies is government overreach that will discourage investment.
What’s it like being on Ozempic and other GLP-1s and what happens when you come off them?

1 month ago | afr.com | Euan Black |Eugenie Kelly |Lauren Sams |Matthew Drummond

Supermarkets are selling more eggs. Gyms are getting rid of cardio machines to make more room for free weights. And cosmetic clinics are seeing a lot of “Ozempic face”. It’s estimated about 9 per cent of Americans are on the new breed of weight loss drugs known as GLP-1s. While we don’t yet know how many Australians are taking the jab, we’re certainly seeing the effects. Euan Black is a work and careers reporter at The Australian Financial Review.
Deleting genetic data held by failed firm might not stop it being sold

1 month ago | afr.com | Lap Phan |Euan Black

Euan BlackWork and careers reporterMar 25, 2025 – 5.38pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Australian customers of genetic testing company 23andMe are being encouraged to delete their data before it is sold to the highest bidder in a May 14 auction linked to the company’s bankruptcy.