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State of the job market
Gareth Hutchens from the ABC is the first reporter to create a compelling expose on the job market. It's compelling because the unemployment figure is one of the prime economic indicators for setting government policy. Here it is:...
Employment rising faster than working age population
I’ve been criticised for being too negative about the ABS unemployment figures. But people are actually getting jobs and unemployment is falling. This story is an edited version of Gareth Hutchens' story at the ABC. He’s killing it so far as explaining what’s...
More wage theft at Woolworths
I write a lot of resumes for young Adelaide people wanting to get in the FMCG industry. It's often they're first job. Woolworths ripping off their workers is a blight on the industry. The total cost of staff underpayments at Woolworths has ballooned to more than half...
Lower unemployment without immigration
If you’re chasing a job, now is a good time to look but note, not every one believes the unemployment figures are true. The Treasurer wants to get people into jobs, so he wasn't going to deliver an "austerity" budget by chasing a budget surplus. This is a radical...
Senate’s damning report on wage theft
With inflation going up and wages flat, spare a thought for the thousands of people who are victims of wage theft. I’ve written a lot about wage theft, which is a business strategy for many employers. The Adelaide victims sometimes come to me for help to get another...
Resume packages of generic crap
Some people say, “Malcolm, surely resume writing businesses can’t be pasting whole chunks of generic pap in to cover letters and resumes and charging people for it. That’s a report to Consumer Affairs.” Below is an example of a first paragraph ‘cut and paste’ cover...
Deadline breakers need not apply
Everyone has an excuse for breaking deadlines: The dog died. Car accident. Sick uncle. Dog ate it (same dog). Computer failure. Forgot to save. Wedding anniversary. Alien invasion. We’ve heard them all. I once had a senior administrator who broke a deadline because he...
Hints when using a resume writer
Most online resume writers don’t live in the cities they claim to be in. They ‘trick’ Google to saying they operate in Adelaide or where ever. Most work out of Sydney or Melbourne - except for Republic Resumes. DUMP GENERIC COVER LETTERS When you ask for a writer to...
Cover letters that work
I enjoy writing targeted cover letters in partnership with clients (after we’ve written the resume). Every paragraph is a ‘punchy’ selling point, which goes to the heart of the application. Don’t use the same cover letter for different job applications. This is where...
Generic ‘cut and paste’ cover letters kill job chances
Unfortunately below is another dodgy generic cover letter written by the same ‘cut and paste’ Adelaide CBD business – which actually operates out of Perth. This is one is a year old. It was written for a guy in the state’s north who wanted to get in to mining. It’s...
Send old resume and cover in 24 hours
I’ve changed the terms and conditions, which will help clients who are die-hard job seekers while eliminating ‘window shoppers’. Prospective clients now need to provide us with their old or current documentation within 24 hours of our request. The reason is, we can...
Federal Budget won’t drive wages growth
I work in employment services and also write articles on employment and unemployment. There’s a story in today’s Sydney Morning Herald, which is a head scratcher. The Federal Government is going to use the budget to increase wages because workers (mainly battlers)...
What a good cover letter looks like
In the last blog I provided an example of a bad cover letter from an Adelaide CBD resume mill, which actually operates out of Perth. Below is a good first draft of a cover letter I wrote at Republic Resumes. It's a draft because the final copy is owned by the client...
Dodgy cover letter from an ‘Adelaide’ resume mill
Unfortunately we have to do far too many rewrites of resumes and cover letters for people who have gone to ‘cut and paste’ resume mills. Below is an example of a ‘cut and paste’ cover letter from an 'Adelaide' CBD business - which actually operates out of Perth. It’s...
Adelaide’s Republic Resumes kicks more goals
With a new government about to take power in South Australia, all eyes will be on its achievements. Republic Resumes is grounded in achievements. How important are Google reviews when you are hiring a resume writer to help you get a job? They are everything. What...
Republic Resumes in Adelaide open
Hi Folks, I've had ten days off touring Tasmania and enjoying the beauty of Bruny Island and the Styx and Franklin Rivers. I've got a small backlog of clients but I will take new clients today. One of my younger clients, Eric, last week got a job just out of Monarto...
The trials of selection criteria – not for us!
Once upon a time, when dinosaurs ruled the earth, we used to write government and NGO selection criteria. We charged the standard fee of $40.00 per criteria. We didn’t write many in Adelaide because of the price. They were a lot of work and while we had success, I had...
Government program creates a miserable 7300 jobs
It’s hard not to be cynical when two million people were thrown out of work or furloughed when the lockdowns hit in 2020 and 2021. Now we find the federal government’s $4 billion employment program only funded a handful of jobs. The JobMaker scheme only managed to...
Careers and a virtuous life
This story by Shane Rogers, the Queensland Head of AIG, appeared in the media a while ago. I kept it because it's a great summary of passion, virtue, respect and pursuing a career. It's the best piece of career advice I've found. "Almost everyone knows deep down that...
Leave a message or send an email
My background is in recruitment, professional writing, PR and journalism, where professionalism was drummed in to me. We can't always get to the phone, so when people call and don’t leave a message – some three or four times a day - we won’t call them back. If a...
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.