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...
SA Police recruiting now

SA Police recruiting now

One could do worse than work for SAPOL – and they’re recruiting now. “As a police officer you have the opportunity to shape the futures of so many, including your own. You will have a great responsibility to keep communities safe while also having...
What do you think lawyers are for?

What do you think lawyers are for?

The relationship between HR and workers is highly problematic. That’s because HR works to maintain the management status quo. That’s their prime job. You have as much chance of a HR quisling advocating for you to management as building snowmen in hell. My advice is if...