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How to write an expression of interest for a job
An expression of interest is a short pitch for a role. Keep it to a page, name the role, give two or three reasons you fit and make it easy to say ...
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How to list references on a resume in Australia
List two or three referees with their name, job title, employer, phone and email, and a line on how they know you. Who to pick and how to ask them.
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How to list education on a resume in Australia
Put your highest qualification first with the course, institution and years. Students add expected completion. Leave school off once you have a deg...
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What can a referee say about you in a reference check?
How reference checks work in Australia: who to put down as a referee, what a former employer can say under privacy law, getting access to a referee...
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What are the rules for fixed term contracts in Australia?
Since 6 December 2023, a fixed term contract can't run for more than 2 years or be extended more than once, and back to back contracts are limited....
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How do you negotiate a salary offer in Australia?
How to negotiate a job offer in Australia: what people in the same job earn, base salary against total package, super on top, how to ask about a bo...
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Is it too late to change careers at 30, 40 or 50?
What a career change does to your pay, using median base pay by years of experience and industry from our 2026 Salary Survey, what moving from cons...
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Can your manager or an interviewer ask about your family plans?
Questions about babies and family plans turn up in interviews, reviews and promotion chats. What the Fair Work Act protects, what counts as adverse...
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How to write a cover letter for an internship
One page, three or four paragraphs, every line specific to the firm. What goes in an internship cover letter, what to cut and an example to adapt.
