Avinash Sanjeev Pilli’s review a job suicide note

Avinash Sanjeev Pilli’s review a job suicide note

We don’t get many one star Google reviews. In fact, this is the first in many years. It’s worth quoting in full out of fairness. “Malcolm King is very unfriendly. He sent me email at 3:10pm expecting to reply by 7pm. during that time I was not in front of my laptop or...
Resume mills rort innocent job seekers

Resume mills rort innocent job seekers

Resume mills are cheap and nasty. They flog their services online from Perth to Sydney. I see them checking out our website (27 direct contacts last Friday!) and we know exactly who they are. The money they earn from the poor buggers who use them, is spent on...
LinkedIn is good but can’t replace a killer resume

LinkedIn is good but can’t replace a killer resume

LinkedIn and a resume are two very different tools. Here are some of their strengths and weaknesses. Resumes are the first strike weapon in landing a job. They must grab the recruiter or employer’s attention quickly. This requires persuasive and factual writing aimed...
OTR to pay $5.8m to avoid more wage theft claims

OTR to pay $5.8m to avoid more wage theft claims

I first heard about OTR’s dubious training scheme in Adelaide back in 2014. Federal court documents reveal OTR agreed to pay $5.8 million dollars to settle a class action involving accusations it underpaid staff across South Australia between 2014 and 2020. The class...
White-Collar professionals stuck in contract roles

White-Collar professionals stuck in contract roles

While this is from Forbes magazine in the USA, there is a trend in Australia of recent graduates and highly experienced, well-credentialed workers, getting stuck in a cycle of short-term, contract roles. Freelancers are now a major force in the United States...