Job Search
Uncovering ‘The Hidden Job Market’
Most jobseekers turn to online job boards like Seek.com and Indeed.com as their primary job search strategy. They might scan the job listings every few days, submit a handful of applications and cross their fingers for a phone call. Does this sound like you?...
Job Hunting Advice for International Students: Language
International students: Are you currently looking for a job? Feeling confused? Directionless, helpless, hopeless, frustrated or filled with self-doubt? Then I may be able to help! Rather than addressing common resume writing and interview skills, this post will focus...
Don’t Find A Job You Love, Go For One You Like.
You may have heard of the expression ‘find a job you love and you will never work a day in your life’. Well, call me cynical, or a realist, but that’s not true. Do you really think that people who have a job that they love never work a day in their life? I think you...
Don’t Let Addressing the Selection Criteria Scare You From Applying
When an employer advertises a job, they usually provide criteria for it. This generally tells you the essential and desirable skills, attributes, knowledge, experience and educational requirements for the role. Often Government and many Non-Government Organisations...