Building a better life before burnout

Building a better life before burnout

As a professional resume writer, whether writing resumes, writing features and backgrounders, I hear stories of burn out every week. People working too hard or working with organisational bullies and psychopaths. A study by the World Health Organisation and the...
Cost analysis using resume writers

Cost analysis using resume writers

A professional resume writer – not a back yard shonk – will increase your chances of being short-listed by around 30 percent. We charge in the $200-$400 price range but a full executive CV will cost top dollar. Let’s say the job pays $80,000 per annum and a...
Hints when using a resume writer

Hints when using a resume writer

RESUMES People often ask me what’s the secret of a good resume. Here it is ….. (drum roll)…State what you did in the job point by point and against each point, state what you achieved. Achievements can be measured as statistics, or in dollars, ratios – all sorts of...
Race to the bottom

Race to the bottom

You might think this post has got nothing to do with professional writing, job hunting or resumes. But hold your horses. Until we put a stop to them (for other reasons), we were inundated with international and local university and TAFE graduates who couldn’t write....
The Whacker Awards for 2022

The Whacker Awards for 2022

In the spirit of Choice magazine’s Shonky Awards, I have listed our Whacker Awards for when prospective clients or clients go feral. Each client listed below takes out the Whacker for displaying the more curious aspects of human nature. You’ll understand why employers...
No wage growth? That would be ‘anti-worker’ bias

No wage growth? That would be ‘anti-worker’ bias

The ABC’s Gareth Hutchens is my favourite reporter writing on unemployment, employment and the economy. This story is on wage growth, of which there has been bugger-all for more than ten years. “The Reserve Bank board has lifted interest rates for the seventh month in...