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Eighty per cent of resumes don’t make it past the first screening stage. Here’s how you can get an edge.

‘Clear and legible’: Does your resume pass the 30-second check?

Eighty per cent of resumes don’t make it past the first screening stage. Here’s how you can get an edge.

  • Roxanne Calder

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It’s easy to spot when candidates over-rely on AI, employers say, yet jobseekers aren’t holding back on using the technology.

Employers to jobseekers: Your AI résumé isn’t fooling anyone

It’s easy to spot when candidates over-rely on AI, employers say, yet jobseekers aren’t holding back on the technology.

  • Danielle Abril
Sharon Kelsey at pictured at her Adelaide home in 2022.

Council should redo CEO hire to meet ‘pub test’: Logan whistleblower

The whistleblower former chief of a major south-east council believes “irregularities” in the recent $500,000 Redland top job process need to be addressed.

  • Matt Dennien
The biggest risk in getting a new job does not relate to your personal or interpersonal performance, it emanates from your employer’s whimsy, incompetence or both.

Three ways to stop nerves from ruining your next job interview

There’s a myth that interviews reward the most qualified person. In reality, they often reward the person who can access their competence under pressure.

  • Shadé Zahrai
It’s never been easier to apply for a job.

Resumes are dying – this is what’s replacing them

When AI can generate impressive-sounding CVs in seconds and automation can reject them in minutes, what’s even the point of a resume?

  • Tim Duggan
One in six employers believe $300 or more should be paid to the jobseeker for coming in for an interview.

I don’t want a reference from my terrible boss. What do I tell hirers?

If a new employer wants to know why you didn’t include a referee from your former job in your application, I think you can go one of two ways.

  • Jonathan Rivett
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Artificial intelligence is already disrupting Australian workplaces, especially when it comes to hiring practices.

Want to get your dream job? You’ll need to impress AI first

Artificial intelligence is now a standard part of modern recruitment in Australia. Here’s how jobseekers can work with it.

  • Tracy Sheen
Setting workplace boundaries is entirely necessary.

$200 down the drain: Should businesses pay for job interviews?

Childcare costs, parking and incidentals like lunch because you’re on the other side of the city all add up for jobseekers.

  • Nina Hendy
Avid social media scrollers may see an ad from a favourite brand.

Gen Z in the firing line as employers scrutinise social media posts

Nearly all managers surveyed by Indeed said they would reject a candidate based on what they had posted on social media.

  • Emily Chantiri
Using AI to craft your cover letter is a quick way to have your application ignored entirely.

Bland, boring: AI can ruin your chance of getting a new job

ChatGPT and other programs are being used to craft entire cover letters and CVs out of nothing, causing headaches for hirers.

  • Tim Duggan