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Job ads in free fall but not for all (ABC News)
New job ads have plunged 65 per cent compared to the same time last year due to the coronavirus, data from job ads website SEEK showed. Yet new positions have arisen in healthcare, retail (supply chains), manufacturing (food) and more. Falls were greatest in New South...
Some resume tips from Glassdoor
Below is advice for entry job seekers. This is not a definitive guide but it has some handy tips. If you emphasise accomplishments, you're on a winner. As a resume writer, I use Glassdoor to investigate workplace culture for clients. Emphasise accomplishments, not...
Working from home will be the new norm
I wrote this story five years ago about allowing people to work from home. It resonates more strongly now. As a resume writer and employment expert, working form home is a no-brainer. Expect more of it. Around 700,000 Australians are in a formal teleworking...
US unemployment bad news for Aussie job seekers
It's hard to put a gloss on what is happening to the global economy. The rising number of unemployed in America is staggering and not seen since the Great Depression. Republic Resumes will continue to get candidates short-listed for jobs, whether they are...
Growth in long-term unemployment before virus hit
Call me 'Cassandra the Prophet of Doom' but even before the Coronavirus hit, things were bleak for the unemployed, the under-employed and the long term unemployed. As a resume writer, I see their plight everyday. This edited story is by Matt Wade from the SMH (April...
New Australian Job Hub
While I am sometimes suspicious of Australian Government funded job boards, this one makes sense. As a resume and cover letter expert, I know that some of the jobs on Seek and other job boards go nowhere. Some are cons. The Australian Government Job Hub brings...
People ask me as an employment and resume specialist, what the effects of ratcheting down the economy and throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work will mean for households. People are going to have to find work. Any work. How much damage has the...
The virus and jobs
The Republic Resumes blog site does well with reads, so I’ve posted the latest news and economic news about the Coronavirus. There are still jobs going in warehousing and transport supply chains, especially those delivering parcels. So polish your resume and start...
Coronavirus creating new jobs as companies re-purpose – ABC
While hundreds of thousands of jobs are being lost across Australia, some are being created as the economy re-purposes due to the coronavirus. As a resume writer this is good news because it means some people targeting supply chains, will find work. This story is from...
Too tired to help herself – blackballed
Every now and then I gain a small insight in to the human condition. It's not always edifying. We had a client recently who asked us to rewrite her resume. She was a contractor in the public service. We sent her the terms and conditions, emphasised the 24-hour...
The art of the cover letter
I enjoy writing targeted cover letters in partnership with clients. We have a lot of success with them. Every paragraph is a ‘punchy’ selling point, which goes to the heart of the job application. The best cover letters target an application. Generic cover letters...
Stood down? Get a second job while you can
As the economy teeters on a recession, people will be worried about their jobs and that’s only right. Republic Resumes is now focusing solely on writing resumes and writing cover letters, as these are the main products to get short-listed for jobs. It’s important to...
BHP hiring
Even amongst a sea of bleak news, there is one ray of sunshine at BHP. Get your resumes and cover letters out and strike now. These won’t last long. BHP said it would hire 1500 workers to support its workforce operating across Australia in iron ore, coal and copper...
Young people to be poorer than their parents
I wrote this story for News Corporation on generational inequality. As a resume writer, I get to work with lots of people and this story came from the stories my younger clients told me. It's one of the most serious issues facing Australian society. One generation...
Should you take a job you don’t want?
I've had a number of jobs that I should never have taken. But in retrospect, they often led to more interesting positions. Should we take a job that sucks? Resume writers understand that people have to put bread on the table but that doesn't mean you have to stay in a...
Killer LinkedIn summaries
This story appeared in Forbes Magazine in 2018 but it’s still good. It’s a succinct piece on the importance of the LinkedIn summary. Something I focus on a lot. The summary tells a story in strong verbs, of achievement and results. It packs a punch. “Over the past...
Graduates clear tables and ask: “was my degree worth it?’
Competition for graduate jobs in South Australia is fierce. I work as a resume writer and employment specialist. My clients ask, ‘when will our universities start to focus on quality over quantity?’ I wrote this story for Adelaide’s media. No-one would have believed...
Using a resume writer to get you a job
I started out writing resumes for university and TAFE students back in the 1990s. I was a senior lecturer in writing at RMIT and the students needed help with the ‘sales proposition’. They’d ask, ‘what are my key skills and capabilities and how do I sell them?’ We’d...
Avoid the retirement void and follow your passions
Retirement isn’t all it’s cracked up to be for some. When I started Republic Resumes in Adelaide, about 15 per cent of my clients were retirees wanting to work part time or casually. I focused on their interests and targeted their resumes to new careers. This story is...
Dodgy unemployment figures
The ABS unemployment figures don't reflect that true state of unemployment and under employment in Australia. Much of the problem lies in quantifying a qualitative phenomenon. The methodology they use defines the issue away. It’s old fashioned and can’t measure those...
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.