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King of the cover letters
Cover letters are the first chance you get to stand out to your potential employer but there is no clear cut formula. Ultimately, the sole point of a cover letter is to draw attention to your resume, which holds all of your relevant information, experience and skills....
New AI-driven Gmail coming
This story is from Forbes in the USA and carries a privacy caution for people signing up to Google’s new upgraded gmail service. Google has just offered a huge upgrade choice for its 2 billion Gmail users, and this time you need to decide very carefully before jumping...
New values for new tradies
We write a lot of trade resumes. This article was from Sue White published in the SMH last year, rang true. Times are changing for Australian tradies. Within a decade, thousands of Baby Boomers running trade businesses will have hung up their workbooks, while their...
Stories from the Republic front line
These are client stories from the job search frontline using our resumes. There was a time people when people between 55-65, were retiring and cavorting on the beach or riding rickshaws in exotic locales. Not anymore because they can’t download their super early or...
Cost analysis of hiring a resume writer
Here is the cost analysis of hiring a professional 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. Career changer resumes can be expensive too....
‘Forty is a fork in the road’ for a career change
This story on a career change at 40 was in the SMH Careers section earlier in the year. It’s written by Kimberly Gillan and has a strong female focus. When I was 40, I’d had a gutful of working at a university and its staff. So I threw the career helm over and never...
Ever worried about being laid off?
This story on Laid Off by Abigail Covington was in the SMH and is very American but having a site dedicated to people who have been sacked, is more than worthy. Unemployment is under-estimated and under-reported in Australia. It would be worth starting something like...
Australian workplaces dire hell holes
The article below is from Tim Duggan, who writes for Fairfax/9. I think the second part of Horne’s quote is still true. Many Australian workplaces are insane hell holes. You call that a liberal democracy? “Sixty-one years ago, journalist Donald Horne first distilled...
AI job recruitment tools could ‘enable discrimination’
The story below is from the ABC Law Report. Look, recruiters can barely do their job and now shonks at the top pf the recruitment pyramid want to use dodgy AI programs to hire people!? Take one massive step backwards Australia "Australian employers are increasingly...
AI written resumes
Every now and then we get a prospective client who has used AI to write their resume. They come to us after it has failed time and time again. Below is an example and it’s a disaster. I’ve made comments in brackets why this resume will be spiked immediately. The main...
Get professional as time wasters are terminated
We terminate time wasters. Every now and then we get a client who says, after we have started work on their resume: “Put this on hold and I’ll get back to you later.” “This is hard. I have to think. I thought you’d do all the work.” A personal favourite is to tell us...
Get that job!
I’m a professional resume writer in Adelaide and I will guide you through the minefield of job hunting to help you land that special job. First of all, get yourself a LinkedIn account. Recruiters scan them but more importantly, employers place jobs directly on...
Google reviews hit the bullseye
How important are Google reviews when you are hiring a resume writer to help you get a job? They are everything. The Republic Resume drafting system is a proven winner. We get clients short-listed for jobs and then help them win the job. Below is a sample of our five...
On the back of the bus with age prejudice
Republic Resumes is the only professional writing service in South Australia that has the skills and experience to fight age prejudice. The article below was written by me and published in InDaily some years ago but the issue is still current. Think of age prejudice...
Federal election and jobs
As an Adelaide resume writer and employment expert, with the election settled, now is the time to look for a job. Seasonality plays a part but one of the very best times to start applying is just after a federal election. Employers are more confident when they know...
Pollies silent as artificial intelligence casts a long shadow
In the next five to 10 years, artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics will transform every sector of Australian society, from the cars we drive, the books we read to the jobs we work. Yet the two major parties in the federal election have failed to detail how AI...
Job hunting season always in season
There are many varied factors involved in when is the best time to search for a job. Below is one perspective on job hunting and seasonality in Australia New Year, new job: January and February January to February is the busiest time of the year for recruitment and...
Be careful with selection criteria
If clients can't meet the essential selection criteria for an application, it's best not to apply. It’s important the client checks they are the right fit for the job. That means reading the position description closely. Public service recruiters can tell by...
Economics benefits of working from home
As an Adelaide resume writer, I scan the news daily. This edited story is from Matt Wade, senior economics writer at the Sydney Morning Herald. The Coalition and employers are on the wrong side of history when it comes to working from home. Peter Dutton and employers...
Are uni degrees that important any more?
As an Adelaide resume writer, I've been thinking about this for some time. All that money spent on degrees! This is from Tim Duggan at the SMH. I reckon I posted this a while ago but worth a re-read. "I’ve spent a lot of my working life looking at résumés. When I...
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.