Adelaide international students – beware of spin

Adelaide international students – beware of spin

International students have welcomed the news that Australia wants to keep them here for longer after they graduate. They reckon the move will not only help to attract more students to Australian universities but will help them to secure graduate roles. Under new...
Recruiter bias consolidates stale white male regime

Recruiter bias consolidates stale white male regime

Ages ago Germany conducted a study on recruiter bias where eight major companies adopted ‘anonymous’ hiring practices for 12 months. Not one piece of personal or identification information was disclosed before the interview stage. All biographical information was...
Avinash Sanjeev Pilli’s review a job suicide note

Avinash Sanjeev Pilli’s review a job suicide note

We don’t get many one star Google reviews. In fact, this is the first in many years. It’s worth quoting in full out of fairness. “Malcolm King is very unfriendly. He sent me email at 3:10pm expecting to reply by 7pm. during that time I was not in front of my laptop or...
Resume mills rort innocent job seekers

Resume mills rort innocent job seekers

Resume mills are cheap and nasty. They flog their services online from Perth to Sydney. I see them checking out our website (27 direct contacts last Friday!) and we know exactly who they are. The money they earn from the poor buggers who use them, is spent on...
LinkedIn is good but can’t replace a killer resume

LinkedIn is good but can’t replace a killer resume

LinkedIn and a resume are two very different tools. Here are some of their strengths and weaknesses. Resumes are the first strike weapon in landing a job. They must grab the recruiter or employer’s attention quickly. This requires persuasive and factual writing aimed...