The joys of reviews

The joys of reviews

Every now and then, when we’ve gone the extra 1000 kilometres for a client and crafted a unique resume within the quoted fee, we may ask for a Google or Facebook review. It shows prospective clients we’re not backyard shonks, who cut and paste text and use predesigned...
Age prejudice rife in Australia

Age prejudice rife in Australia

About one fifth of our resume clients are over 50 and suffer age prejudice. In fact, the same type of prejudice, but in a slightly different form hits young people. This story is from AAP. Older Australians feel they are being increasingly discriminated against but...
Cheating on your resume and LinkedIn site

Cheating on your resume and LinkedIn site

Can a prospective employer detect whether a resume and LinkedIn profile contains lies? I wrote about it in Smart Company a few years ago. People will always talk up their qualifications and brag about their abilities. This is the hyper competitive job market we’re...
Australian students blocked from using cheat website

Australian students blocked from using cheat website

Cheating at uni just got harder. I wish I had a dollar for every email I received in the last 12 years asking if I can ‘help’ them write their essay. I tell them I was senior lecturer in professional writing at RMIT and also an associate director in the Australian...
Another happy Republic Resumes customer

Another happy Republic Resumes customer

Customer satisfaction is our primary goal. Dave lives in the Illawarra and has a military background. I could see something right away in the old resume he sent to be updated. His skills, although ill-defined, were deep and comprehensive. It took four drafts to pull...
Adelaide CBD to thrive again says Beer

Adelaide CBD to thrive again says Beer

This is an InDaily article from Andrew Beer, the Executive Dean of UniSA Business. He reckons Adelaide’s CBD will bounce back. The real story is will UniSA survive? I’ve edited it down. The full version can be found here. COVID-19 has transformed virtually every...