CVSharkGuides
Written while job hunting in Australia, from what actually happens on the other side of the send button. No listicles, no 75% of resumes are rejected by robots, no advice borrowed from a different country.
“Tell me about yourself” is not a warm-up, and the usual formula treats it like one
The opening question shapes how your later answers get scored. What Australian panels listen for, why the Present-Past-Future formula wastes it, and what to say instead.
Read the guideHow to look for a job in Australia, when applying on SEEK is not working
Job boards are not a waste of time, and 80% of jobs are not hidden. What Australian employers actually do to fill a role, and the search flow that follows from it.
Read the guideCanva, columns and text boxes: what a designed resume loses when it is parsed
A designed template will not get you auto-rejected. Columns, text boxes and headers just quietly flatten your experience. See what parsing leaves behind.
Read the guideReferees on an Australian resume, and why the advice contradicts itself
Australian resumes keep a referees section, but the advice splits on what goes in it. Why 'available on request' beats three phone numbers, and what to have ready instead.
Read the guideWhat actually happens to your resume after you press apply
No robot rejects 75% of resumes. Here is what applicant tracking systems really do with your file, how to tell which one you are applying into, and what that changes.
Read the guideI applied for 100+ jobs in Australia and heard nothing. Here is what was actually going wrong.
Hundreds of applications and silence is not a verdict on you. What actually happens to an Australian job application after you press send, and the small fixable things that sink most of them.
Read the guideHow to state your work rights on an Australian resume
One line, five seconds, and it removes a rejection reason nobody will ever tell you about. What to write for citizens, PRs, full-rights visas and capped student visas, and how to check your own conditions first.
Read the guideThe Australian resume format, and where overseas advice gets it wrong
Length, sections, referees, spelling and the formatting that survives being parsed. The Australian conventions that US and European resume advice quietly gets wrong.
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