Booked out with defence resume contracts!

Booked out with defence resume contracts!

We opened for four hours yesterday and got swamped with defence force clients. You might not believe it but in the eastern states, it will cost you about $500.00 for a resume or resume rewrite for a mid range position ($65k). Executive resumes start around $750.00. We...
Professionalism and client interaction

Professionalism and client interaction

We pass on more jobs than we write as we focus on professionalism and client ‘good fit’. When prospective clients first contact us, we ask them to send their current or old resume within 24 hours. We know from experience if they don’t, there’s a high...
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...