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Australian Government hints at saving Whyalla
The Australian government may provide finance to save the Whyalla steelworks owned by the British entrepreneur Sanjeev Gupta, whose business empire is facing a multibillion-dollar debt crisis. About 1,200 jobs are directly at risk and another 3000 will go in SA in the...
Gupta and Whyalla in fight of their lives
Republic Resumes in Adelaide is getting hit from workers in Whyalla, who fear for their jobs if Citibank breaks up the Australian empire of British billionaire Sanjeev Gupta. An application was lodged in the NSW Supreme Court on Tuesday to wind up the operations of...
Republic booked out for a week
I apologise to the prospective clients that I'm having to knock back because we are booked out. There has been a significant upswing in some sections of the job market in Adelaide and NSW, which has driven demand for our services. There has also been,...
PwC to create jobs in Adelaide
It’s difficult to remember that once upon a time Price Waterhouse used to be an accounting firm. Even so, this is good news for university students in Adelaide. Just check the nature of the work and read the fine print before signing up. “PwC Australia announced plans...
Professionalism: sorting the wheat from chaff
Even though I work online as a resume writer, I gain an insight in to clients and prospective clients quickly and they gain an insight in to my professional standards real quick. The first insight is those who don’t leave a message on the Republic mobile. This is a...
Goodbye JobKeeper, hullo dole
For a while JobKeeper created a more equal Australia. Goodbye to all that. The good news is job advertisements were up for February. The bad news is the sources which supply the job advertisement figures can be pretty dodgy. The bad news is that for every entry-level...
‘Adelaide’ resume business writing crap
In the last seven weeks I’ve had three very angry SA male clients working in heavy industry and the mining sector, complain bitterly about their experience at a ‘so called local’ dodgy resume writing franchise in 'Adelaide'. This franchise ranks high on Adelaide...
We’re working on that website – honest!
Well folks, it's apology time. My brains trust of fellow writers (there's only three of us) wanted to put new pages up on the website in time for the end of JobKeeper (28 March). We've had a few technical issues but they will be sorted this week. I still write all of...
Doubts grow as we near JobKeeper cliff
As a resume writer and employment specialist in Adelaide and across Australia, I have deep reservations about ending JobKeeper. I’m not alone as there are strong concerns in Treasury, the Government and the Reserve Bank for the more than one million Australians still...
Nomadland and poverty in Australia
Some of the resumes and job strategy and attainment work I do are for unemployment people and some of these are 'nomads'. They're caught in a cycle going from contract to contract, from short term job to short term job. Some live in caravan parks and some in their...
Whyalla, Gupta, dodgy loans and jobs
This is an edited story I put up on LinkedIn and Facebook recently and it has attracted some interest. I worry deeply when companies ‘over reach’. It means job losses. I'm hoping Gupta can find bridging finance for his company. The previous owner of the Whyalla steel...
Good news – jobs numbers continue to climb
There’s no denying jobs are returning and that’s good news, especially for women. That partly explains why I haven’t had time to scratch myself. Australian employment surpassed all expectations to jump for a fifth consecutive month in February, while the jobless rate...
Resumes writers beware: JobKeeper and JobSeeker to end
Cutting subsidies in the middle of a massive recession is insane. You’ll hear the economy change down gears from Perth to Cairns. JobKeeper will end on 28 March The JobKeeper numbers are falling but as of 14 February, about 1.54 million 'employees' still collected...
Robots judge our resumes and lives
Algorithms rather than merit and experience, decide which applications reach human managers’ eyes. They cull people with unusual work histories or who lack university or TAFE qualifications. Many private employers still ask for a résumé and cover letter, but...
International students heading to VET private providers
I just wrote my third resume in the last two weeks, where international students were 'downsizing' to the Vocational Education and Training sector. In yet another story not covered by Adelaide’s media, private training colleges are paying education agents big money to...
The third party resume writing boss from hell
We created a resume for a chap working in a contract position supervising WHS&E, for a large Adelaide company a while back. There were issues but from a third party. The client's contract was coming to an end and he had an old template resume that was six pages...
Does a cover letter come with the resume?
I get that questions a lot. Beats me and I've been a professional writer for 30 years. Here's a secret. Generic cover letters are a complete waste of time. The probability of failure using a generic cover letter is around 90 per cent. Dodgy non-professional writers...
Whyalla and Gupta in fight of their lives
As a resume writer and employment services expert, no one likes to read stories like these. Four years ago I wrote a story for both The Advertiser and InDaily, which said Sanjeev Gupta’s empire was built on debt. Gupta was then seen as Superman, so the story never saw...
Testimonials keep me honest and motivated
I’m always so grateful when people realise that I’m personally and politically motivated to write the best resumes possible. I want people to get work. Testimonials mean the world to me. Thanks guys! Brett Webster Five stars, 4 days ago "Malcolm was precise, to the...
Unemployment by government economic decree
This story has the hallmark of the self-evident for those who’ve studied the Australian economy. We keep people on the dole to keep inflation low. This story is sourced from the ABC and it’s worth reading. Economic Guru Professor Ross Garnaut from the University of...
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