Focus the resume on the job

Focus the resume on the job

Use common sense when writing your resume. If you have been employed for many years and your career has evolved over time, don’t include every role you’ve ever held. That includes the casual retail position you had in high school or the captaincy of your social...
New software operating system

New software operating system

Hi Folks, We are installing a new software system today (Sunday 30 July), so sorry for an inconvenience. I am also migrating over a lot of Word and graphics files for Republic Media, which will take about 24 hours to complete. Back on deck Monday morning. Kind...
Rejected again? Checkout your resume

Rejected again? Checkout your resume

Rejection is hard to take. Those bastards! Don’t they realise I’m perfect for the job?!! I have a lot of sympathy for people who get angry over job application rejections. In Adelaide, it’s sometimes due to the fact you are black, an Asian male or...
Can’t meet the deadline – no mobile reception

Can’t meet the deadline – no mobile reception

It doesn’t happen very often but sometimes we get a client who says they are ‘back of beyond’ and can’t get mobile phone reception. They can’t or won’t send work to meet a deadline. We create employment products for people all over Australia including farmers, miners...
Unemployment causes suicide in Australia

Unemployment causes suicide in Australia

A team of researchers has found “clear evidence” of a causal relationship between unemployment and suicide in Australia. From 2004 to 2016, unemployment and underemployment directly resulted in more than 3,000 Australians killing themselves, an average of...
Adelaide CBD ‘I am Legend’ ghost town

Adelaide CBD ‘I am Legend’ ghost town

Working-from-home caps will be scrapped for thousands of Australian public sector workers but business lobbyists in Adelaide say it would be the “death knell” for CBD retail. The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) has struck a deal with the...