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Cover letters that work
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...
Grabbing a recruiter’s attention
Recruiters and hiring managers may receive hundreds of applications for a single role, and sometimes only have time to scan resumes before deciding whether to progress candidates to an interview. In order to make an immediate impact, your resume needs to communicate...
Types of expertise for resumes
There are different types of expertise which can be included in a resume. Soft skills (which are not soft): They are usually industry-specific but they are required in many different fields. Examples of soft skills include critical analysis, problem-solving, and time...
The Conversation: can your boss stop you from resigning?
Can your boss stop you from resigning if you want to quit your job? The Conversation / By Joellen Riley Munton Posted Fri 16 Aug 2024 at 5:31pmFriday 16 Aug 2024 at 5:31pm If you are resigning because you are miserable, no one can actually make you work.(Unsplash:...
More on person branding
Personal branding is an ongoing process. So you will need to regularly assess how your value proposition and narratives fit into your current professional and personal context and how they’re being received, and then tweak them accordingly. If you’re being considered...
Communicate your brand story
The next step is to create a “media plan” that specifies the channels through which you’ll formally convey your brand to others. Contemplate how you can use owned, earned, and paid media to spread your stories. As in product or service marketing, the goal is to...
Building your personal narrative
A brand is not just a jumble of descriptors floating in the minds of other people. It’s built on the meaningful stories that you’ve communicated and that your audience has processed. You need to identify, craft, and refine the narratives that will communicate your...
Personal branding – define your purpose
First you need a long-term vision. What difference would you like to make to the various audiences that are important to you, personally and professionally, and what values would you like to embody? Ask yourself how and why you have lived the life you have, and look...
The importance of online personal branding
In the next three or four posts I will talk about personal online branding. Recruiters graze across LinkedIn and other job sites looking for the right fit. What they professionally and personally derive from your and other sites is your 'brand'. Personal branding can...
Labour hire agencies
This is work completed at a site through a recruitment agency. This is referred to as 'labour hire' in the skilled and unskilled labour trade. Sometimes it's called contract or temp work. In this arrangement, the agency becomes your employer and may offer you a...
Show achievements in your resume
I keep banging on about this because it's so important. Recruiters and employers don't much care for a list of duties. They want to know whether you were good at your job. Did you hit targets? Did you contribute new ideas? - if so, what were they? Include measures of...
Is it great to connect? The many lies of LinkedIn
This story was written by Thomas Mitchell, the Sydney Morning Herald Culture reporter and it's a beauty. I write and produce LinkedIn sites and they have sometimes got people work. When I say 'sometimes' I mean infrequently. Unless you have a unique skills set such as...
Fake jobs online
Adelaide is the home of fake jobs. They are listed by unscrupulous recruiters to gather contact details from executives to sell clients too. It's hard to tell how many fake jobs there are advertised in South Australia, because 80 per cent of employers and recruiters...
Number of Adelaide deadline breakers way too high
In a peak writing period we had a client who hired us to write his resume and cover letter for a job. Then he went on holiday and told us three hours before the first deadline, he couldn't make it. I posted the second deadline and he email back and said he couldn't...
Deadline breakers terminated
Everyone has an excuse for breaking writing deadlines. The dog died. Too busy, Car accident. Sick uncle. Dog ate it (same dog). Computer failure. Wedding anniversary. Alien invasion. We’ve heard them all. We've even had people who hire us and then go on holiday! Even...
New hospitality business model – stealing wages
Ali was working the graveyard shift serving late-night city revellers in a Sydney convenience store since he arrived in Australia in 2022, according to the ABC. For the first few months he received regular pay, which helped as he studied for his master's degree in...
Robotdebt lawyer double dipped on salary
Employment services is a dead fish rotting from the head down. A senior lawyer at the heart of the disastrous and deadly Robodebt scheme has left her Commonwealth job after it was discovered she was consulting for an outside firm that provides legal advice to...
Another happy Republic Resumes customer
Dave has a military background. I could see something right away in the old resume he sent to be updated. His skills, although ill-defined, were deep and comprehensive. It took four drafts to pull his resume in to commercial shape. He had lots of experience and many...
Young people in generational economic crisis
Faced with higher living costs, low rental vacancy rates and unattainable house prices, young Australians are experiencing an economic crisis that shows no signs of easing — and experts fear it will cause generational inequality to worsen without substantial reform....
Adelaide, Port Pirie and Barossa resume testimonials
Surender Singh, Port Pirie “A very professional service and reasonable price.” (Surender is an Engineer and got a job with Liberty two months after we did his resume and cover letter) Thai Dang, Adelaide “If you’re looking to get your resume done or touched up,...
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.