Writing your own resume – Seek

Writing your own resume – Seek

This is from Seek and it is good advice if you are writing your own resume. Take out the objective. Seeing that you’re already applying for the job, it’s obvious you want it. You can cover your desire for the role in your cover letter, or if you’re...
Awful bloody job ads

Awful bloody job ads

This story is from The Age, written by James Adonis. It’s a few years old but it’s worth reading. Why are job ads so poor? One of the most demoralising aspects of job hunting isn’t just the insufferable recruiters or the flawed interviews; it’s...
Failing to meet deadlines

Failing to meet deadlines

Resume writers work to deadlines. It’s part of the job. We expect clients to do so too. Missing copy deadlines shows that the client isn’t up to speed with current workforce practice. It also shows that they’re not dedicated job seekers. As writers,...
Hitting the bases in a cover letter

Hitting the bases in a cover letter

As a resume writer, I often get asked, “Should I apply for a job if I don’t have all the experience and skills they list?” If you’ve got 80 per cent of what they want or listed in the job advertisement as ‘essential’, go for it....
Get those referees right

Get those referees right

In the context of fierce competition, CV job referees can “make or break” an application. Unreliable or fake references can end up in court, as seen in the high profile case in 2018 of Andrew Flanagan, who was fired as a group manager at Myer, after one...