Read the website before contacting us

Read the website before contacting us

About one quarter of people who email or call me, haven’t read the website first. Recruiters make a similar complaint. Applicants don’t read the job description. It’s a truth well acknowledged by most recruiters that due to their dodgy ethics, I have very little time...
Unconscionable interview questions

Unconscionable interview questions

Jonathan Rivett in The Age asks, ‘What is the best way to deal with questions that are out of line in a job interview?’ If you live in Adelaide, you’ll know what I’m talking about. I’ve sat in job interviews where people have asked my sexual preferences, my political...
Nailing video interviews

Nailing video interviews

I took this story about video job interviews from Digital Journal which has some interesting stories. The links are good too. The COVID-19 era has led a temporary (and in some cases more permanent) vacation of offices nationwide, which has stripped a human element...
‘Dobseeker’ hotline targets unemployed

‘Dobseeker’ hotline targets unemployed

As if bona fide job seekers don’t have enough to worry about. The Morrison government’s new Employer Reporting Line or ‘Dobline’, allows employers to dob in jobseekers for rejecting employment offers and/or behaving badly in interviews, missing appointments or...
Anonymous resume applications reduces bias

Anonymous resume applications reduces bias

Ages ago Germany conducted a study where eight major companies adopted ‘anonymous’ hiring practices for 12 months. Not one piece of personal or identification information was disclosed before the interview process. While the sample size was small, the researchers...
Select Committee into Job (in)Security

Select Committee into Job (in)Security

In same category as effectiveness of tits on a bill, a Select Senate Committee into Job Security is examining the state of insecure employment and workplace rights and conditions, across Australia. This is like investigating storm water damage after Noah beached his...