Buyer's guide · Updated 2026 How to Find the Best Resume Writing Service in Australia A practical, unbiased framework for choosing a service that's worth your money — and avoiding the ones that aren't. Fifteen criteria, grouped into five questions you can answer in 15 minutes. By Jacquie Liversidge Published 28 January 2026 9 min read Before you spend a dollar Find out who's actually behind the business — and whether they're in Australia. Look at their actual resume samples, not their marketing…

From the writer's desk · Resume · AI The Case Against ChatGPT — at Least for Resumes From inside a resume writing business: what we've actually been seeing in the documents that come across our desks since ChatGPT entered the chat. The shift is unmistakable, and it's not flattering. By Jacquie Liversidge Published 22 July 2025 5 min read In thirty seconds We've watched the documents people send us shift dramatically over the past 18 months. Pre-2024 documents were rough but real. Most…

Resume · Job seeking · Guide How to Write a Resume That Gets Interviews The average Australian job ad now receives 184 applications. The recruiter spends 6–30 seconds on each before deciding whether to keep reading. Here's how to write the version that survives that scan — and what changed in the last 18 months that broke most resume advice you've read. By Jacquie Liversidge Published 2 July 2025 10 min read In thirty seconds Lead with outcomes, not duties. "Managed a team"…

Resume · Job seeking 5 Resume Mistakes That Are Costing You Interviews Not the obvious ones. Most resume advice still warns about typos, missing dates, and bad fonts — those are 2015 mistakes. Here are the five we now see costing interviews on otherwise strong resumes in 2026. By Jacquie Liversidge Published 22 May 2025 7 min read In thirty seconds The classic resume mistakes (typos, formatting, missing dates) are mostly solved problems. The mistakes losing interviews now are subtler — and they…

Resume · Australian conventions One-Page vs Two-Page Resume: What's Best for Australian Jobs? The American "always one page" rule doesn't apply in Australia. Here's the actual answer, calibrated to your career stage and sector — plus what fits in each format and the most common mistake candidates make trying to force the wrong length. By Jacquie Liversidge Published 17 April 2025 7 min read The short answer Two pages is the Australian default for experienced candidates One page only if you're a graduate,…

Resume writing · Opinion Why Resumes Are So Hard To Write And why they've gotten harder, not easier. The expectations on written content have risen because of how we consume content elsewhere — and AI on both sides of the application has accelerated the gap, not closed it. By Jacquie Liversidge Originally published 30 September 2021 Updated May 2026 11 min read In thirty seconds Resumes are hard to write because the bar for written content has been rising for fifteen years —…