Is a uni degree a wise choice?

Is a uni degree a wise choice?

I’ve spent a lot of my working life looking at résumés, especially from uni graduates. After scanning each résumé one by one, I soon developed a strategy to process them. First, I’d look for the candidate’s current role, measuring up their competence and...
Beware those job assessments!

Beware those job assessments!

A LinkedIn writer was just “invited” to complete a “short” writing test for a job application. The test: a 1,000‑word tax article an IG post a 200–300 word explainer That’s not a writing test. That’s unpaid work in the $2,000+ range. So I went back to the job post and...
Ai killing entry level jobs –

Ai killing entry level jobs –

This is from Malcolm Knox at the SMH. He nailed one of the main issues with AI. Jobs for young people will go. Young people may consider letting the petrol bombs fly. Listening to the AI assistant fail to solve my problem, I thought there’s another job I’m glad my...
The week AI came for Australian jobs

The week AI came for Australian jobs

AI arrives, there go the jobs. This is from the Sydney Morning Herald, written by David Swan. It was 1am when Natalie MacDonald’s phone lit up. The email’s subject line told her everything she needed to know before she’d read a word of it. After she had spent seven...
AI to slash 2000 jobs at WiseTech

AI to slash 2000 jobs at WiseTech

AI bites hard on jobs. Chief executive Zubin Appoo on Wednesday morning announced 2,000 redundancies over the next two years, as the Aussie tech giant pivots heavily towards artificial intelligence. Approached by news.com.au at the company’s Alexandria building that...
Overthrow the dodgy AI resume scanners

Overthrow the dodgy AI resume scanners

The order is out – kill the AI resume scanners! You’ve written the resume and it’s a killer. You’re perfect for the job. Education. Tick. Training. Tick. Referees. Tick. You’ve even got a short testimonial from the head of HR when you did a workplace for the...