Helping journalism graduates get a job

Helping journalism graduates get a job

I still write journalism and opinion pieces from time to time. I worked at AAP and for AdNews. I’m always happy when I help graduate journalism students find a job, as it’s a highly competitive field. Below is an update from a young journalism graduate’s Dad. I helped...
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 give some idea of the salary in the job advertisement or position description. It often means they want to pay the new hire peanuts to do a highly technical job with a colossal workload. Even so, if you do get a job interview,...
South Australians forced to camp in tents

South Australians forced to camp in tents

As an Adelaide resume writer, I’m most interested in the state of the national and local economy. This story is sourced from the ABC. I’ve edited it for length. When you’ve got single mothers sleeping in tents in caravan parks, you know something is very wrong....
Big changes to Centrelink mutual obligations

Big changes to Centrelink mutual obligations

Life for the 792,000 people on Centrelink payments and those on JobSeeker living on $48 per day – which is below the poverty line – is about to get much more difficult, as one punitive system is replaced by another. On 4 July, Jobactive —the Australian...
Another Adelaide Republic Resumes client gets a job

Another Adelaide Republic Resumes client gets a job

At Republic Resumes, we randomly pick a number of clients who we ‘follow’ to see how they go with the job hunt. We check in by email nine or 18 months after we’ve written their resume and cover letter. I liked Akshay’s get up and go immediately. He was a recent Master...
Thought about jobs in regional Queensland?

Thought about jobs in regional Queensland?

Ballooning job vacancies in regional Australia reveal the optimism that is driving growth outside capital cities. The latest data from the Regional Australia Institute shows that there were 84,600 regional job vacancies in April 2022 – up nearly a quarter (24.8%)...