More than 3000 Virgin Australia workers to be sacked

More than 3000 Virgin Australia workers to be sacked

Resume writers and job placement agencies across Australia are under the pump as the bad news keeps coming. Virgin Australia will sack 3,000 people over the next month – about one third of its workforce. More than 300 Virgin staff live in Adelaide. Virgin will also...
Free assistance for carers returning to work

Free assistance for carers returning to work

Amongst a sea of bad news, a good news story! We write plenty of resumes and cover letters for carers wanting to get back to work. I give career advice too. A good initiative by the Federal Government. Returning to work after a break due to caring responsibilities,...
Republic Resumes kicking goals in recession

Republic Resumes kicking goals in recession

I will do more positive employment stories because I’ve had a gut full of the doom and gloom. In the last two months Republic Resumes maintained our job short-list interview rate of between 65-70 per cent (66 per cent), in a recession economy. Of those...
Women bear the brunt as economy crumbles

Women bear the brunt as economy crumbles

About 60 per cent of our resume clients are women. We are seeing a rapid rise in the number of young women using our services, in large part due to the theme of this story. Women are bearing the brunt of the Covid-19 economic downturn as Melbourne turns in to a ghost...