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Be careful with selection criteria
If clients can't meet the essential selection criteria for an application, it's best not to apply. It’s important the client checks they are the right fit for the job. That means reading the position description closely. Public service recruiters can tell by...
Economics benefits of working from home
As an Adelaide resume writer, I scan the news daily. This edited story is from Matt Wade, senior economics writer at the Sydney Morning Herald. The Coalition and employers are on the wrong side of history when it comes to working from home. Peter Dutton and employers...
Are uni degrees that important any more?
As an Adelaide resume writer, I've been thinking about this for some time. All that money spent on degrees! This is from Tim Duggan at the SMH. I reckon I posted this a while ago but worth a re-read. "I’ve spent a lot of my working life looking at résumés. When I...
Google review gold for Republic Resumes
How important are Google reviews when you are hiring a resume writer to help you get a job? They are everything. What former clients say predicts the outcome of using that business. The Republic Resume drafting system is a proven winner. We get clients short-listed...
Age prejudice and job interviews
Dr Kirstin Ferguson from the SMH tackles questions on the workplace. This one is on age prejudice. Q. Recently, I was left feeling a bit baffled after one of my job interviews. I have the appropriate training, qualifications and experience in the industry I am seeking...
Nailing job interviews
As Adelaide resume writers, we get asked about how to prepare for job interviews. This article from the Harvard Business Review is about the best there is. Interviews can be high stress, especially if it’s your first interview. A little practice and preparation always...
Snap shot of the economy
This post is a quick snap shot of the economy. Last Wednesday night (Australian time) the fallout from Trump's trade policy hit a genuine crisis point. The American bond market sold off, pushing bond prices down, and interest rates up sharply. It was a crisis because,...
The pitfalls of selection criteria
We occasionally get a prospective client in Adelaide who asks if we write selection criteria. We HELP the client write the criteria but we DON'T write the document. One reason is that we are not you. We can't read your mind and selection criteria is about 'reading'...
Dealing with the ‘Gunnas’
I admit that as Adelaide resume writers, it doesn’t happen very often and it seems to be a bloke thing. A prospective client says he’s ‘gunna’ send his old resume or he’s ‘gunna’ pay the account or he’s ‘gunna’ get the first draft back to us by the deadline – and they...
No graduate resumes at Republic
Republic Resumes does not assess or write graduate or post graduate resumes, cover letters or LinkedIn sites. All of SA’s major universities and TAFE centres have career advice services. They will assist graduates with their employment products. Many of these services...
Most jobs are advertised in August – ABC
For most jobs in Australia, August is the best time to look, with the highest number of ads and typically fewer applicants for each one. "Over Christmas and the holiday period people get a chance to re-assess what they want to do, how they feel about their jobs, so...
Are university degrees really that important any more?
An important question. Universities are degree factories putting a whole generation in debt. When I taught at university, my mind was always on the practical application of professional writing skills. For many though, what was taught was utterly useless in the...
Big problems at Port Pirie smelter and Whyalla steelworks
The Port Pirie smelter owned by Nystar, is in danger of closing as it parent company Trafigura, reviews its loss making operations. Nyrstar has written off its Australian smelting assets at Port Pirie and Hobart by more than half a billion US dollars, while a...
Artificial intelligence produces rubbish resumes
Every now and then we get a prospective client who has used AI to write their resume. They come to us after it has failed time and time again. Below is an example and it’s a disaster. I’ve made comments in brackets why this resume will be spiked immediately. The main...
Ghost jobs and dodgy unemployment figures
Ghost jobs are a nuisance for jobseekers. They linger for months, dupe eager applicants to pursue fake jobs, and could be damaging our economic future. Ghost jobs are advertised positions that an employer has no intention of filling — or that have already been filled...
Protect workers’ money at Whyalla steelworks
The poor state of the Whyalla steelworks has raised questions about how much government money is needed to keep the ageing plant operating, which was built in the 1960s by BHP. But the real issues is there’s $189 million in unpaid employee entitlements such as annual...
Job interviews – practice reduces nerves
I just put two clients in front of job interview panels. It's timely to look at some common interview questions, I’ve taken this article from recruiters Robert Half, and reproduced it here. Tell me about yourself. This is often the first of many interview questions,...
Testimonials are the gold standard for resume writers
If you're an Adelaide resume writer and you haven't got at least 100 testimonials from clients, you are in the wilderness. Testimonials and Google reviews tell prospective clients that the writer is the 'real deal' and not a backyard shock, copying and pasting other...
Leave a message or send us an email
One of the curious aspects of running a professional writing resume business, is the number of people who ring and don’t leave a message. We get about two calls a day who hang up once they received the OGM. If you leave a message, you’ll get a call back. If you email...
Right to disconnect gone in Dutton’s world
The Adelaide employment market will certainly change if Peter Dutton is elected in this year's federal election. One is not sure whether Peter Dutton has declared war on working women but Federal public servants will have the right to disconnect scrapped if the...
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.