Long term unemployment growing

Long term unemployment growing

Long term unemployment is growing and the Covid restrictions and lockdowns are making it ten times worse. I sometimes do pro bono work for the long-term unemployed and their desperation is palpable and heart-rending. In April last year, before the mass lockdowns, a...
Guillotine falls as Adelaide Uni fights for survival

Guillotine falls as Adelaide Uni fights for survival

The University of Adelaide is in the midst of its greatest crisis since it was founded in 1874. Republic Resumes will run a campaign mid September to help prospective graduates find work. In the email to students last month, Vice Chancellor Høj announced that unless...
Lights! Camera! and the video job interview

Lights! Camera! and the video job interview

Video job interviews are becoming more common due to the Covid-19 restrictions. Here are a few technical video tips to help steady those nerves. Preparing for a video interview Check your surroundings. Make sure the background is free from clutter and embarrassing...
Job ads up in SA – for now…

Job ads up in SA – for now…

Job ads are up so it’s a good time to have a crack at the labour market. Compared to Pre-Covid figures, there were 78,200 job advertisements in July. Nationally, that’s 47.7 per cent up on July 2019. In SA, it’s up a whopping 68 per cent. That’s why I’m run off my...
No sympathy for dole ‘bludgers’

No sympathy for dole ‘bludgers’

Empathy for the unemployed is not a vote-winner these days. This should be no surprise. Successive governments have carefully schooled Australians to harden their hearts against the unemployed, all the way back to the pitiful and grudging “susso” (sustenance) handouts...
Meaningless jobs strangle initiative

Meaningless jobs strangle initiative

If I think of the worst job in the world, it would be one that has no meaning and I’ve had a few. It’s toiling on a project you know will never come to reality. Those jobs keep resume writers busy because people leave. The most hated jobs are not the worst-paid or the...