Writers savage university humanities fee hike

Writers savage university humanities fee hike

In the next 12 months, unemployment will cripple the economy. As a distraction, the government has revived the culture wars of the 1990s. This will do nothing for job seekers. In recessions, universities offered places for people to study, while the economic storm...
Truth about Australiaโ€™s unemployment numbers

Truth about Australiaโ€™s unemployment numbers

As a resume writer and employment expert, Iโ€™ve been banging on about the inadequacies of the ABS unemployment methodology for seven years. This article gives an excellent overview of some of the issues. Australia’s official unemployment rate has been so...
Understated unemployment reaches 19 year high

Understated unemployment reaches 19 year high

The nation shed another 227,000 jobs in May, with the unemployment rate reaching 7.1 per cent, its highest level since 2001. In South Australia unemployment is at an understated 7.9 per cent, with more realistic estimates putting it closer to 12 per cent. Under...
Career happiness is a trade-off – ABC

Career happiness is a trade-off – ABC

A good story below about happiness and careers in the ABC. I left teaching at university because it was boring but I took the skills I acquired to go in to new roles and start up new businesses. Happiness trumped money for me. After a year of teaching philosophy and...
Five timeless transferable skills

Five timeless transferable skills

Technology is replacing many dated aspects of day-to-day work with new opportunities and roles for expanding industries. Which is good news for some and bad for others. If youโ€™re in administration, you might want to take note of these. Increasingly we are seeing the...
Resume writers arenโ€™t career councillors

Resume writers arenโ€™t career councillors

Some clients think that because theyโ€™ve contacted a resume writer, they will also give accurate advice on changing careers or studying at TAFE or university study. That is wrong. If youโ€™ve lost your job and decided to head off in a new direction, see a career...