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Let's talk about the cost of using an Adelaide resume writer. Some top line writing companies charge more than $1000 for a resume. We charge in the $200-$400 price range but a full executive CV will cost top dollar. Let’s do a quick ‘value for money’ calculation. A...

Kill resume robots and resume scanners! You’ve written the resume and it’s a killer. You’re perfect for the job. Education. Tick. Training. Tick. Referees. Tick. You’ve even got a short testimonial from the head of HR when you did a workplace for the company you’re...

The term ‘job hugging’ has emerged to describe a growing pattern: workers clinging to jobs they don’t particularly enjoy, largely because leaving feels like too much of a gamble. It’s the mirror image of job hopping. Instead of scanning the horizon for something new...

This advice about Christmas casual work from Grozdana Manalo, the Career Services Manager (Education) at the University of Sydney, is excellent. It appeared in The Conversation. The wisdom of Solomon here. “Getting casual work over summer, or a part-time job that you...

Massive university HECS debts, courses and service cuts, more and more lectures going online, fewer and fewer staff. Do some major diligence before committing yourself to a university degree. The research below is from Skye Predavec at The Australia Institute. “35...

The Coalition’s Robodebt scheme was illegal, flawed and grossly unfair and led to people committing suicide. So far no one in the former Coalition government or senior members of the APS have been prosecuted for their involvement. The SBS’s three-part docu-drama, The...

Adelaide has little trouble attracting international IT students, but getting a local job on graduation is another matter. They are locked into looking for IT work in Adelaide and there is very little. Many end up driving taxis or working in restaurants. This edited...

Young people not only need a job, if they're mature and motivated, they need to be challenged and given responsibility rather than getting the lunches. This story from Brendan Churchill, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at University of Melbourne was in The Conversation...

Although American investors cheered the Federal Reserve’s recent rate cut, like Australia, the economy is facing growing headwinds on consumer spending. Americans’ long-running spending boom is showing signs of faltering as consumers of all income levels scale back...

This story about the boomers not retiring was written by by Ross Gittens in the Sydney Morning Herald. The Boomers are here for both a long time and a good time. Keep in mind though, many have to keep working as they don't have the super. "As the great bulge of babies...

In August 2025, Australian ‘real’ unemployment increased 132,000 to 1,776,000 (up 0.8% to 11.1% of the workforce) while under-employment was virtually unchanged at 1,742,000 (unchanged at 10.9%). This is the first time over 1.7 million Australians have been unemployed...

The comments below are real and from Reddit. They’re four months old. These are why you need an Adelaide-based professional resume writer with a background in employment and training, working for you. Someone who knows the local job scene. “Had a national role,...

No degree? You've saved a packet. I took this from the Generation Australia website. As the director or Republic Resumes, who tries and gets people work is OK by me – as long as they’re not a dodgy private provider. I reckon these days, 70 per cent of degrees are a...

If you want a Christmas casual job this year, now is the time to get your resume into shape. What are the things you like doing and the stores you like visiting? An important consideration is whether you enjoy speaking to customers or not. If you do, there's a variety...

The story by Tim Duggan below was in the Sydney Morning Herald recently. I’ve started a small adjunct business to Republic rewriting AI generated resume ‘slop’. ‘Would you please help me’, clients plead. ‘I let a robot write my resume!’ There’s a word that’s now...

Working from home is here to stay. As an Adelaide resume writer I was interested in this edited story from Matt Wade, senior economics writer at the Sydney Morning Herald. Employers and the Murdoch media are on the wrong side of history when it comes to working from...

This post on social media was in the Sydney Morning Herald recently and its is worth a read. Much depends on what you say and how widely it is read. If you broadside the boss and/or the businesses, you may expect trouble. “I enjoy posting on a couple of social media...

SA Health’s recruitment division is a burning poo bag with poorly written position descriptions, idiotic and useless selection criteria and many recruiters sit on their hands. They’re weak and cowardly. It’s regional and outback clinics are in disarray with the most...

This appeared in the SMH recently but it lacks more sources. It’s true though. The Boomers are hanging on to their jobs with all sorts of knock-on effects for younger people The boomers are prepared to keep on working into their 70s. KPMG research shows that the share...

The story below is the voice of reason by SMH economics editor, Ross Gittens. A lot of spin and some reality about AI. It’s a bubble which will burst but the long term effects of AI will be most interesting. AI. AI. AI. Maybe if I utter those magic initials one more...