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For tradies, make sure those titles are true

For tradies, make sure those titles are true

Writing employment documents with clients is good fun. It’s very pleasing when they get short-listed for work and then nail the job interview. This story is about ‘red flags’ in resumes. They alert recruiters that something is not right. The first red flag is stating...

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Check the job criteria first

Check the job criteria first

We often get requests to update a resume and draft a cover letter, in partnership with the client, to apply for a specific position. In a few cases, the client hasn’t looked or doesn’t realise they don’t have the ESSENTIAL experience or a qualification, for a key part...

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Get your best LinkedIn sites here!

Get your best LinkedIn sites here!

Republic Resumes writes LinkedIn sites after we have created the resume. LinkedIn is useful for midcareer professionals, rather than graduates, unless your field or discipline is in high demand. This story is from Forbes Magazine. It’s a succinct piece on the...

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Beware of handballing selection criteria

Beware of handballing selection criteria

Senior public service recruiters can tell by experience and by using AI-driven scanning programs, whether an applicant has written their selection criteria or whether they have hired someone to write it. If you use someone else to write the selection criteria in...

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Adelaide resume writers on top

Adelaide resume writers on top

Below is a sample of our five star Google reviews: “Hi Malcolm, I used your resume and applied for a pick and pack job and they organised an interview for a Management role at a warehouse I didn’t even apply for! I was successful. First interview and $80k pa. Army...

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Applying for a job through Seek

Applying for a job through Seek

Found a job on Seek and you need help applying? Next step is to click ‘Apply for this job’. You may be asked to sign in or register if you haven't already done so. Once you’re signed in to SEEK, there are four steps to applying: Choose documents (your resume &...

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Writing better cover letters

Writing better cover letters

Here are some tricks from the professional writing business, which will help get you short-listed for a position. Write a fresh cover letter for each job  Sure, it’s faster and easier to take the cover letter you wrote for your last application, change the name of the...

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January very good for job hunting

January very good for job hunting

So if you are checking out this blog page, welcome to Republic Resumes. I try to write a couple of posts a week about job hunting, the employment market, resumes and CV's, cover letters and more. It's Thursday January 4, which is a very good time to pull your resume...

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Welcome to 2024

Welcome to 2024

Hi job and promotion seekers, Republic Resumes is open for 2024. I am going to launch some new initiatives over the next two months. One will be dedicated interview rehearsals for clients who are short-listed for jobs. As Adelaide resume writers, we do exceptionally...

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Bury privatised employment services

Bury privatised employment services

I'm not a big reader of The Guardian but this story by Van Badham is true. Privatised employment services have to go. "A parliamentary inquiry report on 30 years of privatised employment services is out and it is damning. Workforce Australia issues the largest spend...

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Adelaide jobs and shonky interstate writers

Adelaide jobs and shonky interstate writers

In the last month, I had to rewrite two resumes from people who went to shonky writers, who allegedly were trading out of Adelaide. One was in Queensland and the other in Perth. There has been an influx of dodgy interstate resume writers, who deliver sham products,...

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Bad moon rising with Generation Landlord

Bad moon rising with Generation Landlord

People wonder why I want to help people get work. The lack of intergenerational transfer of monies is one reason. Unless you've got a rich mum and dad, you are behind the eight ball when it comes to housing affordability. I've edited this article from Gareth Hutchens...

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Shooting yourself in the foot

Shooting yourself in the foot

It’s hard not to draw a few conclusions about human nature, when you are working on something as intimate as a client’s career history. We work with their hopes, dreams and successes. Most clients are ‘gung ho’. They really, really want that job or promotion. They...

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Republic getting people jobs

Republic getting people jobs

The harder we work as professional writers, the better the results for our clients. Below is a recent sample of testimonials. “I just wanted to let you know that I got the job at North xxxx Group. I start on Monday and I am very excited. Your help was invaluable and I...

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Get those upgraded resumes out now!

Get those upgraded resumes out now!

November up to mid-December are usually good times to hit the job market with a new or upgraded resume. This is in part driven by the retail and hospitality sectors, which begin hiring for Christmas casuals during October and November. Also recruiters try to get in...

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Wanna buy a house? Get rich parents

Wanna buy a house? Get rich parents

One of the main reasons I help people get work is to achieve their dreams. But if you're young and thinking about buying property, that's a very big ask. People don’t talk about class in Australia but you can’t get a better example than the property market. According...

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Killer cover letters

Killer cover letters

I enjoy writing targeted cover letters in partnership with clients (after we’ve written the resume). Every paragraph is a ‘punchy’ selling point, which goes to the heart of the application. DON'T use the same cover letter for different job applications. This is where...

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No more graduate resumes

No more graduate resumes

It was my fault. A young international student who graduated in IT last year, was looking at long term unemployment. We don’t normally write graduate resumes. I gave her job to one of our best writers – a Master Resume Writer. He created a new first page and emailed...

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Spring best time to look for a job

Spring best time to look for a job

Job postings hit a peak in Spring in Australia. There are more job searches in January than any other time of the year and December is the slowest for both job postings and job searches. The number of job vacancies in Australia is fairly steady for most of the year...

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Back to work for retirees

Back to work for retirees

This story was in the SMH a while ago. More older people will return to work because they're either bored or broke. In Adelaide, about 15 per cent of my clients are 50 years and over. Nearly two decades ago, Roger Pugh unretired. He’s now 84. The Sydneysider had...

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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.