The comments below are real and from Reddit. They’re four months old. These are why you need an Adelaide-based professional resume writer with a background in employment and training, working for you. Someone who knows the local job scene.
“Had a national role, recruiters say I’ll get bored with roles available in Adelaide (isn’t that up to me 🤔) and now I’m about to join hospitality for a whopping 9 hours a week. Very depressing conditions. About 95% do not even respond.”
“Honestly, keep applying for roles where you have skills, Adelaide unfortunately is who you know, not what you know. I’d highly recommend getting a front facing LinkedIn and start connecting with people and recruiters. As a graphic designer, I’ve been head hunted in Adelaide through LinkedIn.”
“If you are willing to take lower paying jobs you will need to make your cv look “less than”. When I first moved back to Australia I wasn’t getting any interviews. I dropped off my degrees, downplayed some of my experience, and I finally got several job interviews.”
“Very hard I know. But the closer you go to the job, the better are your chances for a job. I was driving taxi and every time I dropped someone at the airport or picked from airport, I network with them professionally and leave a resume with them to contact me if there was anything. In most cases I used to ask for their email id, and send them the resume. Doing it for 5 months I finally got into an engineering job interview.”
“When I moved to Adelaide 10 years ago I couldn’t get a look in anywhere. It’s all about who you know in Adelaide so I started to build a network. I volunteered at a lot of places and took casual jobs whenever and wherever they were going (fringe, Adelaide show, events, etc). I talked to EVERYONE and told everyone I was looking for a job. Finally from word of mouth I got a job at a restaurant and once I was in and had a solid Adelaide reference, I was golden. I know it sucks, but hang in there. Get your name out there. Talk to everyone. Know it’s not an issue with you, but a way this town works. Wishing you all the best!”
“I applied for Drakes back when I was unemployed and they rejected my application despite having references from my fast food job. Immigration is pushing everyone out of jobs and entry level jobs now have 500 applicants on seek all competing for one position! It seems unless you’ve got a niche degree in the right field, You’re a truck driver, or a qualified chef, it’s really impossible to find work. I ended up going the truck driver route, but in the end TechForce got me a factory job at Nippys. It sucked but it was a job!”
“I’m shocked at how low the pay is here. I have 11 years experience in my industry and hold qualifications that very few people have in Australia let alone Adelaide, but yet I’m getting paid 30 percent less here than in Melbourne. I work for the only company in Adelaide that does my kind of work so no choice but to suck it up. Adelaide is no longer a cheap place to live and it’s only going to get worse.”
“Was in a similar situation. Ended up taking casual admin work with one of the local health networks and slowly getting back into my field through that.”
“It took me 6 months to find another job. Wrote bespoke cover letters for every job that i had skills for… it still took ages until someone gave me a job.”
“Do the old fashioned walk-ins, especially with smaller businesses as larger businesses will just direct you to the careers section on their website because they don’t want to deal with walk-ins… you’d be surprised how effective it still is, know a lot of people who have got jobs this way… sometimes it’s the small businesses that advertise on their windows or in the local papers because they don’t have to pay recruiters. Sometimes you can get a WFH position in your field based interstate?”
“For hospitality, just rock up there (cafe or restaurants) when it’s closing time, and ask to speak with the manager and tell them you really need a job. No need to ask if they are hiring or not. Closing time is good because that’s where the staff and the manager really will have the time to pay you some attention cause they won’t be busy (& less chance to throw away your resume)”
“I’m losing my mind honestly, I work at 2 different casual positions and still can’t clear enough to leave centerlink. Most available positions are casual only and half of those are sales and marketing (door knocking soulless industry) fuck being a real estate agent (also a soulless industry)”
“Then if you actually find a position you feel you’re eligible for there will be 300+ applications with a good percentage of those applications probably being job seekers meeting their job search quota.”
“I’m reaching out with a heavy heart, hoping someone here might be able to offer some guidance or advice. I arrived in Adelaide last October on a 491 visa, filled with hope and excitement about starting this new chapter of my life. Unfortunately, things haven’t gone as planned, and I find myself in a very difficult situation. I have over 14 years of experience in Film VFX Supervision, Multimedia, and more recently, AI Tech Leadership (since 2022). My career has taken me across the globe—I hold a degree from the United Kingdom, where I worked on numerous films, and I’ve also contributed to projects all over East Asia. Despite this extensive background, I’ve been unable to secure even a single interview after applying to over 1,000 jobs through platforms like Indeed, Seek, and LinkedIn.”