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When preparing your resume and other career documentation to apply for a role, think like a recruiter. The job market is highly competitive, so you generally have seconds to impact and engage with them. Consider the following checklist when preparing your job application: What is the core career information they will want to immediately see, […]

It’s true that most contemporary career documentation should be job-tailored, to pass you through to the interview stage. But this doesn’t mean other less relevant career (and non-career) experiences should be completely disregarded – particularly the more recent ones. There could be value-add benefits from such activity, that add depth to your professional branding and […]

Many government roles in particular ask you to address key selection criteria within a job application. This speeds up the recruiter’s ability to evaluate your alignment with the core skills, knowledge, experience and/or qualifications required for that role. Selection criteria responses should be concise and job-tailored (including keyword optimised), and provide individualised examples of your […]

The job application process can no doubt be taxing and time-consuming, not to mention nerve-wracking. But there are benefits from taking your time with each submission. As tempting as it might be to use a ‘blanket version’ resume and cover letter to apply for each role. There are often differences in recruiter requests and job […]