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Whyalla steelworkers are struggling to get the city's vital blast furnace back producing iron. Whyalla problems and Nyrstar’s serious issues in Port Pirie are causing major problems for the Malinauskas government. The Whyalla blast furnace has been offline since early...

This story on the RBA and unemployment was by Warwick Smith, Honorary Fellow, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne (April 20, 2026) and appeared in The Conversation recently. "The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will look at the latest...

This is a UK student but its focus on unemployment and effects applied to Australia. Being out of work and education between the ages of 16 and 24 has long-term consequences for people's employment, finances, physical and mental health in midlife, according to new...

This article on AI and jobs appeared in The Conversation on 16 April 2026, written Clifton Free, Academic Director, Executive Education, University of Sydney There has been no shortage of bold claims recently about artificial intelligence (AI) and jobs — from mass...

A $135 million dollar assistance package for Nyrstar smelters in Port Pirie and Hobart ran out last Friday (1 May). It is expect the taxpayer will bail out Nyrstar again although long term, the position of the company looks grim. The South Australian government had...

The five-day working week once seemed unthinkable until business leaders proved the economics. Now the four day week is coming. This story is from the World Economic Forum. There are some dodgy claims about AI ramping up productivity but nonetheless, the labour force...

One notable aspect about being a professional writer, is the angst people go through over cost. Some top line writing companies charge more than $1000 for a resume. We charge in the $200-$400 price range but a full executive CV will cost more. Let’s do a quick ‘value...

I’m calling out the shonks who cut and paste slabs of meaningless text into resumes and charge their clients top dollar for it. Below are the first two paragraphs of a cover letter of a so-called ‘Adelaide resume writing’ business. “My approach to this position would...

With AI writing resumes and cover letters (badly), writing job advertisements, assessing job applications and taking people’s jobs, it’s not much of a leap to think that AI is a major threat. The story below is from the Sydney Morning Herald but first appeared in the...

Career guidance people don’t tell you is that during tough times, it's a good time to apply for jobs because there is less competition. Sure people are still applying but many candidates are waiting for the economy to improve. Don’t hold your breath, Every economic...

I build unique highly successful resumes, cover letters and LinkedIn sites, which aim to get you short-listed for jobs in Adelaide and Sydney. I don't just write resumes, I sell people's experience and skills to prospective employers. I work in partnership with you...

If it’s not dodgy recruiter scares, AI robots and crazy resume filtering systems, it’s online job scams. Keep your wits about you. If a job seems too good to be true, it is. This story is from the ABC Manish Bholan in Perth is one of hundreds of young people being...

Young Donald King worked for PwC where his AI team automated about 30 per cent of manual administration tasks for a client. He used AI robots to pretend they were human. He was sacked and later felt guilty he was robbing people of their jobs. It’s a bit like being...

The story on work and identity is from the ABC. "Who are you outside of your work? Does the answer come quickly — amateur pickleball player, community choir leader, model train enthusiast? Or are you struggling to come up with something that feels as substantial as...

Image if we had career councillors like Zhang Xuefeng who cut through the crap and gave honest advice about which universities and courses to target and which to avoid. Many of our universities are bordering on the non-functional. For 30 years Australia has trained...

I’ve talked with other resume writers in Melbourne and Sydney and AI-driven software recruitment firm, Expr3ss, is loathed as it rejects strong candidates because their resumes don’t not conform to its prescriptive and unfathomable algorithms. An Applicant Tracking...

In February 2026, under-employment surged 216,000 to a record high of 1,892,000 (up 1.3% to 11.6%). Roy Morgan estimates the overall workforce size (which adds together the employed and unemployed) at a record high just above 16.2 million in February – 16,263,000 to...

This was written by Robyn Greaves, a career counsellor, and it appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald. Thumbs up from me but it might not apply to people who have worked on the tools for 40 years. They're the ones who really need the help. "For a long time, ageing came...

Beware of fake jobs. Here are 10 signs to watch for to help you decide whether the job opportunity is genuine or potentially a scam. If it’s too good to be true, it is. Someone posing as a recruiter contacts you If you’ve created your profile on Indeed, recruiters are...

Every now and then, when we’ve gone the extra 1000 kilometres for a client and crafted a unique resume or two within the quoted fee, we ask for a Google review. There’s lot of change in the labour market, in some part due to recessionary pressures but also some...