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‘Ghosting’ rife in jobs marketplace
Ghost jobs have been around for about 10 years. They are not to be confused with the standard recruiter practice of never getting back to the job applicant, although there are obvious similarities. This is from news.com.au Sarah had just graduated from a...
Trumpy to review AUKUS subs deal
News that the Trump administration is reviewing AUKUS has caused sceptics to declare it will offer a golden opportunity for the government to escape a pact that is shaping as a strategic catastrophe for Australia. A Pentagon official said the US wants to make sure the...
Applying for a job through SEEK
So, you’ve clicked the job you want to apply for in SEEK. Next step is to click ‘Apply for this job’. You may be asked to sign in or register if you haven't already done so. Step 1 Choose documents Upload your resumé Select a resume stored on SEEK, or upload a new...
The murky ethics of selection criteria
I provide guidance and editing on government selection criteria but not often. The reason is recruiters really want the job applicant to author the selection criteria responses themselves. Selection criteria are ridiculous documents. They parrot meaningless management...
About 270 jobs to go as Seven Point Pork meat processor to close
Crisis talks are underway after South Australian meat processor JBS announced it would stop operating its Seven Point Pork (SPP) processing facility at Port Wakefield in early January next year, ABC News said. About 270 jobs will be lost, including 160 belonging to...
Working from home here to stay
This edited story is from Matt Wade, senior economics writer at the Sydney Morning Herald about working from home. Employers are on the wrong side of history when it comes to working from home. Federal Election loser Peter Dutton and employers made headlines during...
Deadline breakers terminated
Everyone has an excuse for breaking writing deadlines. The dog died. Car accident. Sick uncle. Dog ate it (same dog). Computer failure. Wedding anniversary. Alien invasion. Brain surgery. Email broke. "I won't reply on a weekend". We’ve heard them all. We're seeing...
Career advice which doesn’t ‘nibble’
If you’re struggling at work, this piece of career advice might help you get ahead. I remember when I was training to be a journalist that I got some invaluable advice from hardened old reporter. It’s about how to manage the hard things, like making that tough phone...
King of the cover letters
Cover letters are the first chance you get to stand out to your potential employer but there is no clear cut formula. Ultimately, the sole point of a cover letter is to draw attention to your resume, which holds all of your relevant information, experience and skills....
New AI-driven Gmail coming
This story is from Forbes in the USA and carries a privacy caution for people signing up to Google’s new upgraded gmail service. Google has just offered a huge upgrade choice for its 2 billion Gmail users, and this time you need to decide very carefully before jumping...
New values for new tradies
We write a lot of trade resumes. This article was from Sue White published in the SMH last year, rang true. Times are changing for Australian tradies. Within a decade, thousands of Baby Boomers running trade businesses will have hung up their workbooks, while their...
Stories from the Republic front line
These are client stories from the job search frontline using our resumes. There was a time people when people between 55-65, were retiring and cavorting on the beach or riding rickshaws in exotic locales. Not anymore because they can’t download their super early or...
Cost analysis of hiring a resume writer
Here is the cost analysis of hiring a professional resume writer. Some top line writing companies charge more than $1000 for a resume. We charge in the $200-$400 price range but a full executive CV will cost top dollar. Career changer resumes can be expensive too....
‘Forty is a fork in the road’ for a career change
This story on a career change at 40 was in the SMH Careers section earlier in the year. It’s written by Kimberly Gillan and has a strong female focus. When I was 40, I’d had a gutful of working at a university and its staff. So I threw the career helm over and never...
Ever worried about being laid off?
This story on Laid Off by Abigail Covington was in the SMH and is very American but having a site dedicated to people who have been sacked, is more than worthy. Unemployment is under-estimated and under-reported in Australia. It would be worth starting something like...
Australian workplaces dire hell holes
The article below is from Tim Duggan, who writes for Fairfax/9. I think the second part of Horne’s quote is still true. Many Australian workplaces are insane hell holes. You call that a liberal democracy? “Sixty-one years ago, journalist Donald Horne first distilled...
AI job recruitment tools could ‘enable discrimination’
The story below is from the ABC Law Report. Look, recruiters can barely do their job and now shonks at the top pf the recruitment pyramid want to use dodgy AI programs to hire people!? Take one massive step backwards Australia "Australian employers are increasingly...
AI written resumes
Every now and then we get a prospective client who has used AI to write their resume. They come to us after it has failed time and time again. Below is an example and it’s a disaster. I’ve made comments in brackets why this resume will be spiked immediately. The main...
Get professional as time wasters are terminated
We terminate time wasters. Every now and then we get a client who says, after we have started work on their resume: “Put this on hold and I’ll get back to you later.” “This is hard. I have to think. I thought you’d do all the work.” A personal favourite is to tell us...
Get that job!
I’m a professional resume writer in Adelaide and I will guide you through the minefield of job hunting to help you land that special job. First of all, get yourself a LinkedIn account. Recruiters scan them but more importantly, employers place jobs directly on...
Resumes that go to work for you
I build expert resumes, cover letters and LinkedIn profiles, which unleash an unbeatable business case to promote you as a ‘must have’ asset to an employer.