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How to create a LinkedIn site
Like in the old song, 'Stairway to Heaven', there are two paths you can go by in this article on creating LinkedIn sites. For my money, I’d follow the Hootsuite link. For those with no idea, I’ve created a basic ‘How to’ guide below. At Republic Resumes, I’ve been...
Raise the Dole
As a resume writer working across SA but especially the northern and western suburbs of Adelaide, I know how hard it is for people to survive on the unemployment benefit. I hear their stories everyday. That’s why the Australian Council of Social Services is again...
Resume writers – the new miracle workers
There’s a perception that professional resume writers can magically get people jobs. The truth is that the very best resume writers working in partnership with suitably experienced and credentialed clients, do get people jobs. It’s a team effort. Unfortunately – and...
Employment is looking up (sort of)
Pollies and their spin doctors love statistics. I should know. I worked as a media adviser for five years in Canberra and Melbourne. As an Adelaide resume writer, I’m fascinated by the recent ABS employment figures. It’s once in a lifetime stuff. I write hard-hitting...
More Republic Resume clients getting jobs
There's nothing more satisfying for a resume writer to see clients get jobs. These people came to me, trusting that I'll help them find work and I didn't let them down. As a former executive in the Department of Employment in Canberra and as the head of the RMIT...
Even more great reviews from Adelaide resume clients
These happy Adelaide client reviews are from the last six weeks. If I can get people short-listed for work during Covid-19 - one of the worst recessions in Australia's history - then I must be doing something right. Doing it right is having 30 years experience as a...
More great reviews for Adelaide’s Republic Resumes
Reviews for resume writers are their bread and butter. If you're not getting people short-listed for jobs, your taking the client's money for scribbling. The economy will slowly pick up over 2021 and I will ensure that my clients get those jobs. Andrea Escobar,...
More testimonials from Adelaide’s Republic Resumes
As recruiters start to list new jobs this week, I've started to list some of our success stories over the last six to eight weeks. I've use my professional writing, marketing expertise and interview skills, to get them short-listed. I know the Adelaide and South...
Five timeless transferable skills
Technology is replacing many dated aspects of day-to-day work with new opportunities and roles for expanding industries. Which is good news for some and bad for others. If you’re in administration, you might want to take note of these. Increasingly we are seeing the...
Good and bad 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. https://www.seek.com.au/career-advice/article/cover-letters-the-good-and-the-bad One of the great things about cover letters is you sell...
The Adelaide Republic Resumes way
The client calls and emails are coming in already, as we charge in to a new employment year in Adelaide and across South Australia. I realised how unique this business is by the number of kind messages, reviews and testimonials clients leave. Thank you for that....
Cuts hit JobKeeper today
With more than 2.2 million people looking for work, it's bizarre and cruel that the Australian Government has cut the lifeline to workers and small businesses. From today, people on the top rate of JobKeeper will see their payments cut by $200 a fortnight, while...
Calls for JobSeeker extension and JobKeeper review
Resume writers and employment specialists know that JobKeeper and the raised JobSeeker income is keeping the wolf from the door for many South Australian families. Top economists want the dole permanently increased in 2021 and a review of JobKeeper to determine the...
Automation wave expected to hit warehousing
The Coronavirus gives with one hand and large corporations take with the other. Full automation won't hit every Adelaide warehouse but it's something to think about. The Coles Smeaton Grange distribution centre on Sydney's southern fringe will be closed around 2023...
Republic Resumes will reopen on Weds, 6 January 2021
What a year for job seekers! I am proud as an Adelaide resume writer and employment specialist, that even with the massive government-induced Coronavirus recession, about 65-70 per cent of my clients still got short-listed for jobs. You may have noticed that we’re...
Adelaide resume writer’s big win on testimonials
Below is a sample of testimonials from clients over the last five weeks. Even in tough Covid-19 times, we're still getting people jobs. As a former director in the Department of Employment in Canberra (Unemployment and Career Advice/Older Workers), and the former head...
Preparing for a video job interview
Video job interviews are becoming more common due to Covid-19. Here are a few video interview tips. I’ve taken some tips from recruiters, Robert Half, who is way ahead of the curve and added my own thoughts. Check your surroundings. Make sure the background is free...
Adelaide job ads on rise – Seek
Good news for Adelaide and South Australian job hunters as according to Seek, job ads are in positive territory. In part, this is due to the hiring of Christmas casuals but at least there’s light at the end of the tunnel. The number of SEEK job ads through November...
A decade of hard time for Australia’s young job hunters
You can kill someone and not do ten years, yet the Corona-recession has sentenced many young people to a decade of scrounging for jobs. No positive spin can hide the fact that between February and May, the number of young people with full-time jobs fell by 10.1 per...
More on the art of the cover letter
A few months ago I wrote a popular post at Republic Resumes called The Art of the Cover letter. I’ve added more information below, which will help get your resume on to the ‘must interview’ pile. Write a fresh cover letter for each job Sure, faster and easier to take...
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.