Responding to emails and meeting deadlines

Responding to emails and meeting deadlines

We sometimes get prospective clients who don’t reply to our emails within 24 hours. They either won’t send their old resume or respond to an assessment and quote. The reasons are various but it often means they’re not in a hurry or they don’t regularly check their...
Even more five star Google reviews

Even more five star Google reviews

We do well with Google reviews, but unfortunately the five star review below from a recent customer, never went up. Google thought it was spam. That’s life. “You can learn a lot from reading how someone writes on their website and this proved to be true working with...
Deadlines: sorting the wheat from the chaff

Deadlines: sorting the wheat from the chaff

I gain an insight in to clients and prospective clients quickly and they gain an insight in to my high standards too. The first insight is those who don’t leave a message on the Republic mobile. This is a modern phenomenon. We can’t always answer the phone because...
Age prejudice – you’re too old

Age prejudice – you’re too old

As an Adelaide resume writer, I help clients fight age prejudice by employing the latest in resume writing and interview techniques. It ain’t easy but I’ve had some remarkable successes. Such as: “After many unsuccessful applications I contacted Malcolm to assist in...
The ASIO resume blog reply

The ASIO resume blog reply

Yesterday’s blog is one of my all-time favourites because it tells so much about the resume writing industry and unfortunately, some clients. ASIO – Australia’s frontline intelligence service – really wants applicants to write their own resume and selection criteria....
VCAT backed lawyer for outsourced resumé for ASIO job

VCAT backed lawyer for outsourced resumé for ASIO job

My all-time favourite resume writer story. This is from The Age in 2018. I will make comments on it in the next blog. “A lawyer who paid an online resumé company $600 to write her a job application for Australia’s spy agency, has successfully sued the business...