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You’re a uni or TAFE students and want a resume writer
For many tertiary students, working with a resume writer is their first taste of non-negotiable deadlines and meeting the professional expectations of others. If the resume writer is any good (that’s a subject in itself), he or she will be very busy but most will do...
Loving your job is a capitalist trap: Gen Zs and millennials
Young people are discovering that many workplaces are nothing more than psychic prisons and it’s better to go one’s own way. What's fuelling this? Toxic work culture, wage theft, bullying, sexism, minimal flexibility, meaningless work, no work/life balance and the...
Some McDonald franchises denied paid breaks to young workers
In a throwback to Dickensian times, McDonald's has been slapped with a colossal wage theft claim of at least $250 million in the Federal Court over alleged denial of paid breaks to workers. Workers were allegedly denied 10-minute breaks that they were entitled to and...
Centrelink changes are ‘penalising’ student jobseekers for studying
Workforce Australia is driving tax payer monies to worthless and insulting job agencies. This story is from the ABC. Rebekah Maslen has been working hard to prepare herself for a new career. She is on benefits from Workforce Australia. She is a completing a diploma of...
Young run side hustles to make ends meet
Inflation and rent increases are hitting young people hard, forcing some to take drastic measures. Faced with rent increases, price hikes and stagnant wages, young people are hustling for income on the side, to make ends meet. Outside of her full-time 9-5 office gig,...
Welfare recipients sent to scam courses as job agencies profit
Spare a thought for people on welfare who are forced to ride a merry-go-round of absurd courses, while the sham job services and training industry (sometimes the same company) rakes in revenue. This story is an edit from The Guardian. Sarah, a single Mum with a...
Testimonials which can’t be beat
Republic Resumes goes to work for you. Here is a sample of our five star testimonials: “Hi Malcolm, I used your resume and applied for a Pick/Pack job and they organised an interview for a Management role at a warehouse I didn’t even apply for! I was successful. First...
Booked out with defence resume contracts!
We opened for four hours yesterday and got swamped with defence force clients. You might not believe it but in the eastern states, it will cost you about $500.00 for a resume or resume rewrite for a mid range position ($65k). Executive resumes start around $750.00. We...
Professionalism and client interaction
We pass on more jobs than we write as we focus on professionalism and client 'good fit'. When prospective clients first contact us, we ask them to send their current or old resume within 24 hours. We know from experience if they don’t, there’s a high probability they...
Job agencies: show me the money!
Republic Resume plans to reopen in about a week. We’re working 24/7 to help people in Adelaide and elsewhere, get a job. Meanwhile, the new $1.3bn-a-year Workforce Australia program has hit a few serious snags. Greedy job agencies are punishing job seekers. They...
Hiring a resume writer?
If you want to hire a resume writer, here are some inside tips from the trade. Many resume writing companies are franchises with HQ’s based in Perth or Sydney. That might not concern you but it’s like asking someone in Mumbai to help you get a job in Adelaide. Some of...
Getting a job in Adelaide in your teens and 20s – the inside word
How to find a job in Adelaide when you don’t have a posh surname, didn’t go to a private school and your Dad isn’t an investment banker. Here are a few tips. If you want your resume written in partnership with me, you know what to do. But there are other things you...
Resume scanners and scammers
While recruiters make much of applicant tracking systems, at a guess, 60 per cent of resumes in Adelaide are still hand read. There have been issues with scanning software which uses deep-learning neural networks, or dense text representations (word embeddings). Even...
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
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
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
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
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
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 after...
Adelaide client lands job in Brisbane
TP (no names with this one) worked in Adelaide and came to me with a challenge. She saw a Biotechnician job in Brisbane she wanted to apply for. Getting a job interstate is hard because employers tend to favour local candidates. First, I upgraded her resume so that it...
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.