G’day mate, hows it going? So, you are finally making the move across the globe – CONGRATULATIONS!!! As exciting as packing your bags and moving your life to the other side of the world is, here are a few things I wish people had told me before I made the move over 2 years ago. […]
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What are the benefits and challenges of being on a Working Holidays Visa?
Year after year an increasing amount of working holiday visa holders are coming to Australia to live the dream down under! I hate to break the news but realistically the dream does not become a reality until you can secure employment. Sydney is an expensive place to live with accommodation at an all-time […]
Reasons You Are Not Getting the Job
One of the toughest things about job searching is when you don’t get a job. It’s always demoralising and disturbing when you don’t know the exact reason of why is it not working out for you. Despite the fact you have a great CV, excellent communication and interpersonal skills and on top of everything you […]
Looking for a job?
Looking for a job is more than just finding the job you want and applying for it. With a world now obsessed with the internet and social media you, personally can be googled and searched within an inch of your privacy. Follow the step by step rules to making sure that what you are putting […]
Improving your LinkedIn profile
As part of creating the “You” brand you should focus heavily on your LinkedIn profile. To give you an idea of how big LinkedIn has now become it has 300million members internationally. 6million of these are in Australia and just 4 years ago this was only 1million. A completed LinkedIn profile will always be the […]
How Your E-mail Address Can Torpedo a Job Search
Have you done an audit on your e-mail address lately? I don’t mean opening up your account and looking for messages. I mean taking a closer look at the actual e-mail address you are using. I have received a number of e-mails from some very interesting address names lately. That being said, if you were […]
A ‘CV’ or a ‘Resume’ – What do they really want?
For many years the recruitment industry specifically requested a resume to be submitted when applying for a position. The trend has started to change and depending on the agency, the recruiter or the individual writing the advert, you will be asking for a resume or CV. This is where the confusion starts. So what are […]
How to Answer Those “Difficult” Questions
The fastest way to make a good interview go bad is to avoid questions posed by the interviewer. The one question candidates love to avoid is, “What is your greatest weakness?” Most candidates are quick to respond with superficial answers such as “I’m a workaholic” or “I’m a perfectionist.” Not only are those responses boring, […]
Top Job Interview Fashion Disasters
According to Timothy Ng, what you wear to an interview can have a big impact on whether or not you get the job. Not because all employers are fashion crazed perfection seekers who will only take you on if you look the perfect fashion icon, but because what you wear to an interview can actually […]
Your Resume is an Essential Marketing Tool – Recruitment Extra
Many experienced Australian company executives commit basic blunders when submitting their resumes for a job application, according to John Mills, Director of Executive Search and Selection at Vincents Chartered Accountants. Mills said applicants for executive positions were often guilty of providing inadequate details in their resumes and making simple grammatical mistakes and spelling errors. “Many […]