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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...
Bring back the CES and scrap shonky job agencies
As a resume writer and employment expert, I hear hundreds of stories of clients being forced to do ridiculous training so their job agencies profit. Big questions remain if the privatised employment network gives a good return on taxpayer money or indeed, whether the...
Migrants? Forget them. Help the 100,000 older workers looking for a job
It’s farcical that the Federal Government is considering flooding the jobs market with migrants when there are more than 100,000 older workers, over 45 years of age, looking for a job. There are also about 400,000 people on the aged pension who want to work more. Last...
No skills or labour shortage – use older workers
As an Adelaide resume writer, I have strong and evidence-based research on the labour market. It’s gratifying to have someone in a senior research position agree with me. Professor John Buchanan, a labour economist at the University of Sydney, said the ABS figures on...
Creating a LinkedIn profile
LinkedIn sites add more breadth and detail than a resume but the two should work together as strategic marketing documents. We write LinkedIn profiles after we have completed the resume. A strong LinkedIn profile lets recruiters and employers know who you are, what...
Hays: the most in-demand skills for 2022
According to Hays, below are the top five most in-demand skills that companies need nationally. I’ve made some comments in italics at the end of each section. IT Project Managers “IT Project Managers are in demand to lead digital transformation programs. Organisations...
Non-response in the ‘unemployment survey’
Just to show that I'm not just a pretty-faced resume writer - which I'm not - I've included a summary on research I did on non-response in the Labour Force survey. People are not only dropping out of the workforce, they're not filling in the 'unemployment survey'. The...
You’re a uni or TAFE students and want a resume writer
For many tertiary students, working with a resume writer is their first taste of non-negotiable deadlines and meeting the professional expectations of others. If the resume writer is any good (that’s a subject in itself), he or she will be very busy but most will do...
Loving your job is a capitalist trap: Gen Zs and millennials
Young people are discovering that many workplaces are nothing more than psychic prisons and it’s better to go one’s own way. What's fuelling this? Toxic work culture, wage theft, bullying, sexism, minimal flexibility, meaningless work, no work/life balance and the...
Some McDonald franchises denied paid breaks to young workers
In a throwback to Dickensian times, McDonald's has been slapped with a colossal wage theft claim of at least $250 million in the Federal Court over alleged denial of paid breaks to workers. Workers were allegedly denied 10-minute breaks that they were entitled to and...
Centrelink changes are ‘penalising’ student jobseekers for studying
Workforce Australia is driving tax payer monies to worthless and insulting job agencies. This story is from the ABC. Rebekah Maslen has been working hard to prepare herself for a new career. She is on benefits from Workforce Australia. She is a completing a diploma of...
Young run side hustles to make ends meet
Inflation and rent increases are hitting young people hard, forcing some to take drastic measures. Faced with rent increases, price hikes and stagnant wages, young people are hustling for income on the side, to make ends meet. Outside of her full-time 9-5 office gig,...
Welfare recipients sent to scam courses as job agencies profit
Spare a thought for people on welfare who are forced to ride a merry-go-round of absurd courses, while the sham job services and training industry (sometimes the same company) rakes in revenue. This story is an edit from The Guardian. Sarah, a single Mum with a...
Testimonials which can’t be beat
Republic Resumes goes to work for you. Here is a sample of our five star testimonials: “Hi Malcolm, I used your resume and applied for a Pick/Pack job and they organised an interview for a Management role at a warehouse I didn’t even apply for! I was successful. First...
Booked out with defence resume contracts!
We opened for four hours yesterday and got swamped with defence force clients. You might not believe it but in the eastern states, it will cost you about $500.00 for a resume or resume rewrite for a mid range position ($65k). Executive resumes start around $750.00. We...
Professionalism and client interaction
We pass on more jobs than we write as we focus on professionalism and client 'good fit'. When prospective clients first contact us, we ask them to send their current or old resume within 24 hours. We know from experience if they don’t, there’s a high probability they...
Job agencies: show me the money!
Republic Resume plans to reopen in about a week. We’re working 24/7 to help people in Adelaide and elsewhere, get a job. Meanwhile, the new $1.3bn-a-year Workforce Australia program has hit a few serious snags. Greedy job agencies are punishing job seekers. They...
Hiring a resume writer?
If you want to hire a resume writer, here are some inside tips from the trade. Many resume writing companies are franchises with HQ’s based in Perth or Sydney. That might not concern you but it’s like asking someone in Mumbai to help you get a job in Adelaide. Some of...
Getting a job in Adelaide in your teens and 20s – the inside word
How to find a job in Adelaide when you don’t have a posh surname, didn’t go to a private school and your Dad isn’t an investment banker. Here are a few tips. If you want your resume written in partnership with me, you know what to do. But there are other things you...
Resume scanners and scammers
While recruiters make much of applicant tracking systems, at a guess, 60 per cent of resumes in Adelaide are still hand read. There have been issues with scanning software which uses deep-learning neural networks, or dense text representations (word embeddings). Even...
Resumes that go to work for you
I build expert resumes, cover letters and LinkedIn profiles, which unleash an unbeatable business case to promote you as a ‘must have’ asset to an employer.