Professional mid-career changers

Professional mid-career changers

Aleah Espanta-Cunningham spent nearly three years working the radio booths for a high-profile breakfast FM radio show in Melbourne. But eventually burnout took its toll and the 41-year-old decided to throw it all in. She left a job that paid $80,000 a year to become...
AI and Adelaide resume writers

AI and Adelaide resume writers

I suppose this spam email I got may be the shape of things to come in professional and news writing: “I wanted to tell you about our new AI which is shaping the future of artificial intelligence writing. With a few words from you our AI can write video scripts, blog...
Poverty and living in cars

Poverty and living in cars

After two world wars, a Depression and umpteen recessions, in one of the richest country in the world, thousands of Australians are living in their vehicles. I wrote a gratis resume for a woman living in her car four months ago. She had a laptop and mobile phone. She...
More on cover letters

More on cover letters

I enjoy writing targeted cover letters in partnership with clients (after we’ve written the resume). Every paragraph is a ‘punchy’ selling point, which goes to the heart of the application. If you want to go it alone, here are some tips. Match your cover letter to the...
What happened to the Holden workers?

What happened to the Holden workers?

It’s six years since the last locally made Commodore rolled off the production line in Elizabeth, Adelaide. Research shows former Holden employees have struggled to find secure work since the shutdown. One-third of former employees retired, one-third have struggled to...
Recruiters perpetuate hoax

Recruiters perpetuate hoax

I wrote this article seven years ago for HR Director and I’ve updated it. While Republic is good at getting people short-listed for jobs, there’s not much we can do when employers force candidates to sit these ‘voodoo’ tests. They are proof that sections of modern...