Always leave a phone message

Always leave a phone message

We sometimes can’t answer the phone because we are writing or on another call. When people call and don’t leave a message – sometimes the same person calls three times a day without leaving a message – we don’t call them back. If a prospective client can’t...
Creating a professional LinkedIn site

Creating a professional LinkedIn site

Republic Resumes writes LinkedIn sites after we have created the resume. LinkedIn is useful for mid-career professionals, rather than graduates, unless your field or discipline is in high demand. This story is from Forbes Magazine. It’s a succinct piece on the...
When to ask about salary in a job interview

When to ask about salary in a job interview

I’m suspicious about employers who don’t list the salary in the job advertisement or position description. It often means they want to pay the new hire peanuts to do a technical job with a high workload. Even so, if you do get a job interview, sooner or later you are...
Wages worth less as inflation rises

Wages worth less as inflation rises

Wages aren’t rising as quickly as inflation (7.2 per cent), which means they’re falling. Yet you won’t get any finance journalists or analysts stating this because they are shackled to the neo-liberal economic paradigm, which should have died back in 2007/2008....
Internship cover letters

Internship cover letters

We don’t work on graduate employment collateral any more but this his post from Alison Doyle, an American employment specialist and expert, is very good. She writes about internship cover letters. It might help some applicants out. Your cover letter should be tailored...
Writing killer cover letters

Writing killer cover letters

At Republic Resumes, we use cover letters as a carrot to drive employers to read the resume. A well-written cover letter can boost your chances of landing an interview. A cover letter and resume are designed to complement each other. While a resume should include...