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Cheap resume writers fail to short list clients
I’ve been thinking about price since much of the economy has gone belly-up. It struck me that paying $150-$300 for a resume that works in highly competitive times, is good value. A cheap resume writing service can damage your career prospects. What one considers...
Recession here for a long time; not a good time
I’m becoming the Cassandra of resume writers, business services and employment experts but the Australian economy won’t ‘bounce back’ any time soon. There was talk of “snap back” from the prime minister and treasurer last month. But the economy was in a slump before...
Personal statements – be ethical and do ’em yourself
We lost a nursing client as we wouldn’t write a personal statement for her to get a hospital placement. She was in the final year of her nursing degree in Adelaide and English was her second language. She could write well enough though. I thought about her personal...
New unit to tackle cheating and essay factories
Once or twice a year Republic Resumes is contacted by university students who want ‘help’ with essays. By help, I mean writing their essays for them for a fee. I was a senior lecturer and selection officer yonks ago and cheating isn’t our scene. This story is by Conor...
Leaners and lifters argument still reigns in Liberal Party
As a resume writer, I know the true number of people looking for work and the pain and suffering many are going through. That includes losing houses, broken marriages, depression, hopelessness and suicide. It’s appalling to find at the start of the greatest recession...
Deep uncertainty for Adelaide Fringe Festival in 2021
Black clouds hang over the future of the Adelaide Fringe Festival in 2021. Organisers say performers will have to take a significant "financial risk" to return amid COVID-19. According to the ABC, Adelaide Fringe festival director Heather Croall, said costs would pose...
Auditor casts doubt over STC’s future as arts crumble
Spare a thought for the Australian arts sector as one of Australia’s most successful theatre companies, the Sydney Theatre Company is verging on closing. I have written resumes for very experienced actors and in the last two months about 80 per cent of actors,...
Resume companies trick Google Maps and prospective clients
I get this question a lot. "Do you work out of Adelaide?" I turn on the TV and see the Crows losing again or Premier Steven Marshall's ridiculous excuses. I look at the empty streets of Adelaide and Port Adelaide and sometimes, I wish I was somewhere else. Maybe...
A contractor hunts for a job during Covid-19
This article was highlights the issues contractors have looking for a job during Covid-19. This is from Moir Group (finance recruitment). So what is it like for job seekers during this time and how do you stay motivated? What could you be doing differently to give...
Job hunting and Covid-19
OK. Let’s admit it. Resume writers and employment experts agree. Now is a crap time to be looking for a job. Somewhere between 10 and 15 per cent of Australians are unemployed. Another 20 per cent are under employed and social distancing requirements mean job fairs,...
Adelaide pubs engaged in JobKeeper rorting, union says
A case of the rich putting their foot on the neck of the poor – and it’s not even their money. Another contravention of Federal law in Adelaide which will go unpunished. Beware kids! Adelaide pubs, fast food and retailers are routinely abusing the JobKeeper wage...
Job vacancies collapse in key industries
Normally I'd post a happy blog story for Friday but I’m amazed Republic Resumes has any clients at all. Job ads (except for a few sectors) have almost completely collapsed. I wish I had better news for the 6000 Qantas workers who just lost their jobs, but vacancies...
Woolies wage theft blows out, flags sackings
The Woolworths wage theft scandal has blown out to $390 million, owed to 7000 short-changed workers. It has flagged sackings. I've had three resume writing clients in the last month tell me about issues they've had with underpayment. You don’t read these stories much...
LinkedIn a great tool but can’t replace a well-written resume
This story of mine appeared in The Australian a few years ago (when it had the Weekend Professional Section). It's worth re-blogging because people often ask me how useful LinkedIn site is. I've listed some of their pros and cons. With the rise of social media, it’s...
JobKeeper failure hits women and young people the hardest
A good story by Greg Jericho in The Guardian, which shows the government’s JobKeeper policy has largely failed. Many of our resume clients now are young women. This story was edited down. While the unemployment rate has remained lower than expected, this has been due...
Joboutlook: skills of the future
I've posted below what the Federal Government thinks will be the jobs of the future. https://joboutlook.gov.au/future-outlook.aspx You can use Job Outlook to discover the skills that are usually needed for a job. There are more than 1000 career profiles on Job...
Writers savage university humanities fee hike
In the next 12 months, unemployment will cripple the economy. As a distraction, the government has revived the culture wars of the 1990s. This will do nothing for job seekers. In recessions, universities offered places for people to study, while the economic storm...
Truth about Australia’s unemployment numbers
As a resume writer and employment expert, I’ve been banging on about the inadequacies of the ABS unemployment methodology for seven years. This article gives an excellent overview of some of the issues. Australia's official unemployment rate has been so corrupted in...
Understated unemployment reaches 19 year high
The nation shed another 227,000 jobs in May, with the unemployment rate reaching 7.1 per cent, its highest level since 2001. In South Australia unemployment is at an understated 7.9 per cent, with more realistic estimates putting it closer to 12 per cent. Under...
Career happiness is a trade-off – ABC
A good story below about happiness and careers in the ABC. I left teaching at university because it was boring but I took the skills I acquired to go in to new roles and start up new businesses. Happiness trumped money for me. After a year of teaching philosophy and...
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