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Can’t meet the deadline – no mobile reception
It doesn’t happen very often but sometimes we get a client who says they are ‘back of beyond’ and can’t get mobile phone reception. They can’t or won’t send work to meet a deadline. We create employment products for people all over Australia including farmers, miners...
Unemployment causes suicide in Australia
A team of researchers has found "clear evidence" of a causal relationship between unemployment and suicide in Australia. From 2004 to 2016, unemployment and underemployment directly resulted in more than 3,000 Australians killing themselves, an average of 230 a year....
Adelaide CBD ‘I am Legend’ ghost town
Working-from-home caps will be scrapped for thousands of Australian public sector workers but business lobbyists in Adelaide say it would be the "death knell" for CBD retail. The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) has struck a deal with the Australian Public...
SA Police recruiting now
One could do worse than work for SAPOL - and they're recruiting now. "As a police officer you have the opportunity to shape the futures of so many, including your own. You will have a great responsibility to keep communities safe while also having opportunities to...
What do you think lawyers are for?
The relationship between HR and workers is highly problematic. That’s because HR works to maintain the management status quo. That’s their prime job. You have as much chance of a HR quisling advocating for you to management as building snowmen in hell. My advice is if...
Check the job criteria before applying
We often get requests to update a resume and draft a cover letter, in partnership with the client, to apply for a specific position. In a few cases, the client hasn’t looked or doesn’t realise they don’t have the ESSENTIAL experience or a qualification, for a key part...
Beware of non-Adelaide resume writers
In the last month, I had to rewrite two resumes from people who went to shonky writers trading out of Perth. There has been an influx of dodgy interstate resume writers, who produce unprofessional work and deliver sham products, leaving the client out of pocket. Here...
Deadline breakers are history
Everyone has an excuse for breaking writing deadlines. The dog died. Car accident. Sick uncle. Dog ate it (same dog). Computer failure. Wedding anniversary. Alien invasion. We’ve heard them all. I just had two people break deadlines without emailing or calling me to...
Age prejudice like race prejudice
Age prejudice is like race prejudice. People’s judgements are skin deep. Jacqueline Bradley describes feeling "demoralised, humiliated and … really quite embarrassed" about her failure to secure work after months of trying. "A very good friend of mine said … he...
Robodebt a brutal attack on Australian citizens
The criminality of the Robodebt scheme relied on venal politicians, a weaponised public service and a complicit media, to hound the weakest and poorest welfare recipients, some of whom killed themselves. Anyone who works in employment services knows the myth of the...
Professional mid-career changers
Aleah Espanta-Cunningham spent nearly three years working the radio booths for a high-profile breakfast FM radio show in Melbourne. But eventually burnout took its toll and the 41-year-old decided to throw it all in. She left a job that paid $80,000 a year to become...
AI and Adelaide resume writers
I suppose this spam email I got may be the shape of things to come in professional and news writing: “I wanted to tell you about our new AI which is shaping the future of artificial intelligence writing. With a few words from you our AI can write video scripts, blog...
Poverty and living in cars
After two world wars, a Depression and umpteen recessions, in one of the richest country in the world, thousands of Australians are living in their vehicles. I wrote a gratis resume for a woman living in her car four months ago. She had a laptop and mobile phone. She...
More on cover letters
I enjoy writing targeted cover letters in partnership with clients (after we’ve written the resume). Every paragraph is a ‘punchy’ selling point, which goes to the heart of the application. If you want to go it alone, here are some tips. Match your cover letter to the...
What happened to the Holden workers?
It’s six years since the last locally made Commodore rolled off the production line in Elizabeth, Adelaide. Research shows former Holden employees have struggled to find secure work since the shutdown. One-third of former employees retired, one-third have struggled to...
Recruiters perpetuate hoax
I wrote this article seven years ago for HR Director and I’ve updated it. While Republic is good at getting people short-listed for jobs, there’s not much we can do when employers force candidates to sit these ‘voodoo’ tests. They are proof that sections of modern...
Deadline breakers terminated
Everyone has an excuse for breaking writing deadlines. The dog died. Car accident. Sick uncle. Dog ate it (same dog). Computer failure. Wedding anniversary. Alien invasion. We’ve heard them all. I just had two people break deadlines without emailing or calling me to...
Hiring an Adelaide resume writer
Getting people interviews and jobs, knowing the local job market and employers, good word of mouth and working with Adelaide’s recruiter networks, keeps me busy. Here are some inside tips from the trade. Many resume writing companies you see on Google are franchises...
Adelaide resume writers and cover letters
A few months ago I wrote a popular post called The Art of the Cover letter. I’ve added more information below, which will help get you on to the ‘must interview’ pile. Employers want to see that you’re excited about the specific position and company, which means...
Robots ride over merit and experience
These days, at times 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. Most private employers still ask for a résumé and cover...
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.