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Good and bad cover letters
I’m always on the lookout for good short articles on cover letters. The link below from Seek uses a nice infographic to show the distinction between a good cover letter and a bad cover letter....
Stories from the Republic Resumes frontline
There was a time people when people between 55-65, were retiring and cavorting on the beach or riding rickshaws in exotic locales. Not anymore because they can’t download their super early or simply don’t have enough saved. I take special pride when one of my older...
Adelaide resume writers go to work for you
A professionally written resume should showcase your talent, skills and experience to grab the attention of recruiters and hiring managers. As an Adelaide resume writer, I work to get you short-listed for advertised positions. I’ll do the hard work and in partnership...
My ten cents on wage growth
Here’s my ten cents having talked to thousands of people in and out of the workforce. Franklin D Roosevelt knew that to revitalise revitalise the American economic activity during the Great Depression, every worker needed to be decently paid. Instead of businesses...
Finance sectors whines and million-dollar fines dumped
Remember the Haynes Royal Commission in to the extraordinary rip off practices conducted by the banks and the financial sector? We had three Adelaide resume clients who were so badly effected, they lost their livelihoods. The government had planned to hit finance...
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
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?
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
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
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 someone in...
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...
Cost analysis using resume writers
A professional resume writer – not a back yard shonk - will increase your chances of being short-listed by around 30 percent. We charge in the $200-$400 price range but a full executive CV will cost top dollar. Let’s say the job pays $80,000 per annum and a resume...
Hints when using a resume writer
RESUMES People often ask me what’s the secret of a good resume. Here it is ….. (drum roll)…State what you did in the job point by point and against each point, state what you achieved. Achievements can be measured as statistics, or in dollars, ratios – all sorts of...
Race to the bottom
You might think this post has got nothing to do with professional writing, job hunting or resumes. But hold your horses. Until we put a stop to them (for other reasons), we were inundated with international and local university and TAFE graduates who couldn’t write....
The Whacker Awards for 2022
In the spirit of Choice magazine’s Shonky Awards, I have listed our Whacker Awards for when prospective clients or clients go feral. Each client listed below takes out the Whacker for displaying the more curious aspects of human nature. You’ll understand why employers...
No wage growth? That would be ‘anti-worker’ bias
The ABC’s Gareth Hutchens is my favourite reporter writing on unemployment, employment and the economy. This story is on wage growth, of which there has been bugger-all for more than ten years. “The Reserve Bank board has lifted interest rates for the seventh month in...
No more graduate or post graduate resumes
Republic Resumes will no longer write graduate or post graduate resumes, cover letters or LinkedIn sites. The business is returning to its roots of providing working class and white collar professional writing services. All of SA’s major universities and TAFE centres...
Always leave a phone message
We sometimes can’t answer the phone because we are writing or on another call. When people call and don’t leave a message – sometimes the same person calls three times a day without leaving a message - we don't call them back. If a prospective client can’t state their...
Creating a professional LinkedIn site
Republic Resumes writes LinkedIn sites after we have created the resume. LinkedIn is useful for mid-career professionals, rather than graduates, unless your field or discipline is in high demand. This story is from Forbes Magazine. It’s a succinct piece on the...
When to ask about salary in a job interview
I’m suspicious about employers who don’t list the salary in the job advertisement or position description. It often means they want to pay the new hire peanuts to do a technical job with a high workload. Even so, if you do get a job interview, sooner or later you are...
Resumes that go to work for you
I build expert resumes, cover letters and LinkedIn profiles, which unleash an unbeatable business case to promote you as a ‘must have’ asset to an employer.