Practical Australian advice
Guides for the part nobody explains.
Written while job hunting in Australia, from what actually happens on the other side of the send button. No listicles, invented statistics, or advice borrowed from a different country.
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How long does it take to hear back after applying for a job in Australia?
How long it takes to hear back after applying for a job in Australia: three to six weeks is normal. What happens while you wait, and why rejections come last.
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Canva, 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.
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Referees on an Australian resume, and why the advice contradicts itself
Referees on an Australian resume: keep the section, but why “references available on request” beats three phone numbers, and what to have ready instead.
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What actually happens to your resume after you press apply
No robot rejects 75% of resumes. What an ATS really does with your resume after you apply, how to tell which one you are applying into, and what that changes.
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How to state your work rights on an Australian resume
What to write about work rights on an Australian resume, for citizens, PRs, full-rights visas and student visas. One line that removes a rejection reason.
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The Australian resume format, and where overseas advice gets it wrong
Australian resume format: length, sections, referees, spelling and formatting that survives parsing. The conventions US and European advice quietly gets wrong.
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How to look for a job in Australia, when applying on SEEK is not working
How to look for a job in Australia when SEEK is not working. Job boards are not a waste of time, and 80% of jobs are not hidden. What employers actually do.
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I applied for 100+ jobs in Australia and heard nothing. Here is what was actually going wrong.
Applied for 100 jobs in Australia with no response? Silence is not a verdict on you. What happens after you press send, and the fixable things that sink most.
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What are your salary expectations? How to answer it on an Australian application
How to answer salary expectations on an Australian job application. Every SEEK ad hides a pay range, base and package differ by 12%, and where to research.
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Centrelink while you are looking for work: what you can claim, and why timing decides most of it
Centrelink while looking for work: JobSeeker Payment, and why timing decides most of it. When to claim, what a redundancy payout changes, and what you must do.
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See what the screening software can read, what the job ad asks for, and what you can improve without inventing a thing.