Job agencies: show me the money!

Job agencies: show me the money!

Republic Resume plans to reopen in about a week. We’re working 24/7 to help people in Adelaide and elsewhere, get a job. Meanwhile, the new $1.3bn-a-year Workforce Australia program has hit a few serious snags. Greedy job agencies are punishing job seekers. They...
Hiring a resume writer?

Hiring a resume writer?

If you want to hire a resume writer, here are some inside tips from the trade. Many resume writing companies are franchises with HQ’s based in Perth or Sydney. That might not concern you but it’s like asking someone in Mumbai to help you get a job in Adelaide. Some of...
Resume scanners and scammers

Resume scanners and scammers

While recruiters make much of applicant tracking systems, at a guess, 60 per cent of resumes in Adelaide are still hand read. There have been issues with scanning software which uses deep-learning neural networks, or dense text representations (word embeddings). Even...
Responding to emails and meeting deadlines

Responding to emails and meeting deadlines

We sometimes get prospective clients who don’t reply to our emails within 24 hours. They either won’t send their old resume or respond to an assessment and quote. The reasons are various but it often means they’re not in a hurry or they don’t regularly check their...
Even more five star Google reviews

Even more five star Google reviews

We do well with Google reviews, but unfortunately the five star review below from a recent customer, never went up. Google thought it was spam. That’s life. “You can learn a lot from reading how someone writes on their website and this proved to be true working with...