Closed borders drives unemployment down

Closed borders drives unemployment down

Another blog for the boffins who are interested in why Australia’s unemployment is so low. In large part, it’s due to stopping immigration. Obviously, the historic size of the Australian government’s fiscal stimulus and the Reserve Bank’s...
Five timeless transferable skills

Five timeless transferable skills

Technology is replacing many dated aspects of day-to-day work with new opportunities and roles for expanding industries. That’s good news for some and bad for others. It means careers are changing and with them, career changers. Increasingly we are seeing the...
Resume fibs and fraud

Resume fibs and fraud

It’s a resume writer’s job to help their client get short-listed but there’s a point at which an ’embellished’ resume ventures into criminal territory. Republic Resumes terminates clients who lie. This story is taken from ABC News and...
Update those job referees now

Update those job referees now

With fierce competition to get a job, resume referees can make or break an application. Unreliable or fake referees can end up in court, as was seen in the high-profile case in 2018 of Andrew Flanagan, who was fired as a group manager at Myer, because he listed fake...
Perseverance and a strong resume: a winning combination

Perseverance and a strong resume: a winning combination

At Republic Resumes, we randomly pick a number of clients who we ‘follow’ to see how they go with the job hunt. We check in by email nine or 18 months, after we’ve written their resume and cover letter. I liked Akshay’s get up and go immediately. He was a recent...
Do that practical placement or internship

Do that practical placement or internship

As an Adelaide resume writer, I used to work on a few graduate student resumes from the three publicly funded universities. Less so now. It’s alarming the number who have not completed a practical placement, especially in engineering. If you’re an...