Roy Morgan: unemployment and under-employment

Roy Morgan: unemployment and under-employment

In November 2025, Australian real (Morgan methodology) unemployment was virtually unchanged at 1,628,000 (10.2% of the workforce), but under-employment increased 63,000 to 1,709,000 (up 0.3% to 10.7%). Roy Morgan estimates the overall workforce size (which adds...
AI resumes to apply for 1000 jobs at one time

AI resumes to apply for 1000 jobs at one time

AI resume technology is up and running which allows job candidates to apply for 1000s jobs in the same field at the same time. Each resume will be ‘fine tuned’ so that it suits the specific criteria of the job. I’ve attached the link to a YouTube...
AI recruitment is a ‘race to the bottom’

AI recruitment is a ‘race to the bottom’

AI recruitment is the worst development in the profession since the introduction of psychometric testing. This story is from MaryLou Costa, Technology Reporter at the BBC. “It’s my first job interview in more than eight years. Even though it’s a...
Bland, boring: AI ‘slop’ is ruining your job chances

Bland, boring: AI ‘slop’ is ruining your job chances

The story below was in the Sydney Morning Herald recently. I’ve started a small adjunct business to Republic rewriting AI generated resume ‘slop’. ‘Would you please help me’, clients plead. ‘I let a robot write my career history!’ There’s a word that’s now starting to...
Reject the retirement void

Reject the retirement void

Retirement isn’t all it’s cracked up to be for some. When I started Republic Resumes in Adelaide in 2007, about 10 per cent of my clients were retirees wanting to work part time or casually. There’s a lot more now. This story is from the ABC. Jennie Deneefe...