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A cracking customer Google review
A very strong Google review and testimonial from a satisfied customer. Republic Resumes goes to work for you. "Outstanding experience. I was in the process of moving jobs and reached out to Republic Resumes to help me with building a brand new resume based off an old...
Thumbs up for Google reviews
Google reviews are a resume writer's currency. Every now and then, when we’ve gone the extra 1000 kilometres for a client and crafted a unique resume within the quoted fee, we ask for a Google review. It shows prospective clients we’re not backyard shonks, who cut and...
15 per cent off all resumes before Christmas
In a one-off special, Republic Resumes will give 15 per cent off all resumes before Christmas. Get yourself a new job or promotion in the new year with a hard-hitting professional resume. If you have an old resume, send it to me and I will show you how I will improve...
Missed deadlines a major negative
This story was in The Guardian today and it states what professional writers have known for a long time. If you can't keep a deadline, you're history. "Scientists studying the psychology of people who leave things to the last minute have found that work that is...
Republic Resume gets clients jobs
I monitor LinkedIn and other platforms to see how our candidates fare and they do very well nailing interviews. This email is from Carolyn in Adelaide's northern suburbs. She got hired within a week of us doing the resume and cover letter. "Hi Malcolm, I've signed a...
Age prejudice endemic in our workplace
I'll keep posting stories about age prejudice. This one is from The Sydney Morning Herald. In 2018, Alex Gutierrez was celebrating his birthday at work with colleagues when his manager asked him about his intentions to retire. He was 68 years old. He was informed the...
Issues for the long-term unemployed
Patty took a package from the SA public service and hasn't worked for over two years. She was an executive assistant and is now long term unemployed. She sent her old resume to me. It was full of cut and paste duties and needed reformatting and restructuring as well...
No labour shortage
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 about so-called labour shortages. Professor John Buchanan, a labour economist at the University of...
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...
The best time of the year to look for a job in Australia
This is an old post but worth reporting again as it's still true. So sharpen up those resumes and start hunting! Job postings hit a peak in Spring and into early December in Australia. There are more job searches in January than any other time of the year. Indeed data...
LinkedIn has jumped the shark
This story on LinkedIn was in the SMH, written by Kate Halfpenny. "Is there anything more draining than the notifications that one person has viewed your profile, you have four invitations (mine today included one to congratulate a fellow called George K who looks...
Robodebt – a stain on Australia’s conscience
Remember Robotdebt? That's the shameful episode when the Australian Government hounded its poorest citizens to payback welfare money, driving some to suicide. The National Anti-Corruption Commission will reconsider its decision not to investigate referrals from the...
Are resumes dead?
I like this story by blogger Mat McGuinness, who reckons resumes are a thing of the past. In some ways, they are. They’ve got maybe five to ten years left as a going concern. The main reason is most are boring. They’re eye glazing. They don’t have a unique selling...
‘Dole Bludgers’ – apportioning the blame
From the early to mid 1970s, when the level and length of unemployment increased dramatically, Australian voters began to hear the term "dole bludgers” from politicians. Clyde Cameron, the minister for labour in the Whitlam government, really flogged it. The phrase...
Deadline breakers and the cruel truth
Breaking deadlines seems to be an Adelaide phenomenon. Sure, clients in Sydney sometimes break deadlines but in Adelaide, it’s a disease. The cruel truth is people who fail to notify us they are going to break a deadline speaks volumes about their professionalism. It...
The Ghost Jobs scam
Ghost hiring is the latest trick in the corporate world, and it’s deeply frustrating for jobseekers. You go through the application process, submit your resume and then nothing. That’s par for the course in recruitment. But sometimes the jobs aren’t real. They want...
Happy customer testimonials
As a resume writer, if you haven’t got more than 75 Google reviews, you’re not a player. You’re a spectator. Customer reviews and testimonials tell us we’re providing a good and valued service. Every resume has to be crafted. They are as individual as the customer....
And now the news …Channel Nine’s culture of bullying and belittling
OK kids, who wants to work in the media? Think Nine is bad, try Channel Seven. Bullying in the media is at plague proportions. This story is by Calum Jaspan and Jordan Baker from the SMH. Bosses in Nine’s broadcast division singled out employees and belittled them...
If the recruiters don’t get you the AI robots will
They've put the dumbest guys in the room in charge of recruitment. Insulting beyond belief. This story was in The Guardian recently and was written by Anna Spargo-Ryan. “I’ve recently found myself back on the job market after my department was made redundant. My new...
Advice for young Adelaide job hunters
How to find a job in the City of Churches when you don’t have a posh surname, didn’t go to a private school and your Dad isn’t an investment banker. If you want your resume written in partnership with me, you know what to do. But below are some things you can...
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.