Based in North Queensland we are exposed to a range of disasters on a fairly regular basis. Aside from obvious COVID-19 pandemic and resulting crisis, we had the 2019 Townsville floods, Cyclone Debbie, Cyclone Yasi and many other events. The impacts on our local community are wide ranging and devastating. During each event people are … Continue reading Disaster Ready Resumes
Recently I was searching for a client’s resume within our database and realised we had more than 17,000 resumes, cover letters and government applications stored for clients. A business like ours does not produce that many job applications for clients without seeing a number of common issues. Most people will be surprised some of the … Continue reading 6 Quick Resume Fixes
People take a career break for a variety of reasons. The most common are family leave and overseas travel. By far the largest representation within this group are women who spend a number of years raising children and staying home with family. This is by no means a generic statement as tough economic conditions has … Continue reading Get Back to Work
We have been writing resumes and job applications for 14 years and have seen some difficult and challenging times for job seekers and business. This period is one of the most challenging we have seen. Across business and Government employment is slow. Many businesses are reporting the worst trading conditions for a long time. Advertisers … Continue reading Winning Jobs in a Tight Market
Do we Need Another Job Search Site? I might be getting old. I can remember when the only avenue for finding a new job was to read the local or national newspaper. The career section used to be full of pages and pages of employment ads. Everything has changed. A number of clients have recently … Continue reading Indeed.com Review
It is not uncommon when dealing with our business clients to be asked the benefits and potential costs of a quality system. We engage many clients to prepare professional tender documents as a growth strategy. The next logical step often appears to be the potential development, implementation and certification of a quality management system. However, … Continue reading Do I need a quality management system?
Why nobody loves you? Technology is great. For example at The Writing Wizards I am planning on making a voice recording with the following text: “To win a job you must be competitive against other applicants, being able to do the job alone is not good enough” On average I would repeat this phrase 3 … Continue reading Job Application; Dealing with Rejection
Even if you are from Mars Quite some time ago when I was still applying for positions in the community sector I attended an interview for a project coordinator role. This was a panel interview with two members of the community and the current manager of the service. Throughout the interview everything progressed as normal. … Continue reading Resume Writing is Marketing
Oh, and crying babies When our little boy was young, approximately 12 month old, he was a terrible sleeper. We tried everything and as new parents we were struggling. When sleep for all three of us got to less than 2 hours a night, for quite a few nights in a row we got help. … Continue reading Resume Errors
Tenderlink Review, a Strategic Decision Unless you have been hiding under a rock it is difficult to avoid tender notification services. Tenderlink is just one of many services that provide notifications. In fact Tenderlink along with a number of other services has so many features and products now from basic notifications through to tender writing … Continue reading Tenderlink Review
