Nailing video job interviews

Nailing video job interviews

The COVID-19 era has led to people working from home, which has stripped a human element from the recruitment interviewing process. For job seekers and candidates, video interviews provide a chance to showcase themselves and their abilities in a way that doesn’t come...
Inflation sees student debt soar

Inflation sees student debt soar

Every wonder why you see young people with a frown on their face? It could be because they’re carrying a whacking great HECS or FEE HELP bill. We write plenty of resumes for people in their 20s and 30s, who are studying part-time and working multiple low-paid casual...
Robots to write resumes?

Robots to write resumes?

I suppose the spam email below may be the shape of things to come in professional and news writing: “I wanted to tell you about our new AI which is shaping the future of artificial intelligence writing. With a few words from you our AI can write video scripts, blog...
Google reviews tell Republic’s story

Google reviews tell Republic’s story

As a resume writer, if you haven’t got more than 40 Google reviews, you’re not a player. You’re a spectator. Customer reviews and testimonials tell us we’re providing a good and valued service. Every resume has to be crafted. They must be as individual as the...
Older workers in southern Victoria defy ageism

Older workers in southern Victoria defy ageism

I know I bang on about employing older workers, so here’s another good news story from the ABC. Along the waterfront in Queenscliff on Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula, is a restaurant where customers are more likely to be served by someone over 60, than...
Building a better life before burnout

Building a better life before burnout

As a professional resume writer, whether writing resumes, writing features and backgrounders, I hear stories of burn out every week. People working too hard or working with organisational bullies and psychopaths. A study by the World Health Organisation and the...