Helping older Adelaide jobseekers land a job

Helping older Adelaide jobseekers land a job

Age prejudice is thriving in Adelaide. I take special pride when one of my older clients (>55) gets a job with our help. 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...
More resume key words and clauses

More resume key words and clauses

Here are a few more ‘tricks’ which may help you get short listed, especially if recruiters use scanners. Try using key words and clauses. In a resume, you’d expect to include three or four of these. PEOPLE SKILLS These are the skills that help you interact and get...
Key word and clause resume tips

Key word and clause resume tips

As an Adelaide resume writer, I know a few tricks which may help you get short listed, especially if recruiters use scanners. Try using key words or terms. We list them as clauses in a section we call Professional Capabilities on the first page and throughout the...
Career happiness is a trade off

Career happiness is a trade off

This is an old ABC story from a couple of years ago, which I kept because it discussed career happiness. Most of the jobs I’ve had have been pretty good. But there have been a few shockers. With the shockers, I walked. Society tells us to do what we love. And if we...
ALP attacked for wanting minimum wage to rise – WTF?

ALP attacked for wanting minimum wage to rise – WTF?

The two main complaints I hear from Adelaide resume clients (apart from the uselessness of recruiters), is working for fools and low wages. The Labor Party has been criticised for wanting wage rises. The Guardian’s Greg Jericho wrote, “It is a true sign of how many...
Adelaide CBD: good times and bad

Adelaide CBD: good times and bad

In an InDaily article, Andrew Beer, the Executive Dean of UniSA Business, reckons Adelaide’s CBD will bounce back after the Covid-19 restrictions lift. The full version can be found here. Unfortunately, the CBD was in decline long before the lockdowns and working from...