CareerOne.com.au Resource Centre

CareerOne.com.au Resource Centre
Job Hunting Tips

Find expert advice on job hunting, including cover letter and resume writing, interview techniques, priming referees, how to write a resignation letter and more. This section spans information on first time employees, career changes, mums returning to work, mature age workers, tips for grads and temping.

  • How to build a Resume

    The advice is clear, keep it simple. Outline your experience, education and key achievements then list your referees. Click here for sample resumes.

  • Interview Advice

    Your resume has landed you a job interview and now you must make the most of a "face-to-face" meeting to land the role. Click here for interview tips & advice.

  • Priming referees

    You should always let your referees know when you are going for a new job. Not only is it courteous to do so, but it also gives you an opportunity to prime your referee about the job you are going for. Click here for more information on priming referees

  • Career change and planning ideas

    Australians will have up to three careers over their working life and Generation Y will have up to five. That means a great many people will be trying to "break into" a new career at any given time. Click here for more information on career changes.

  • Know your rights at work: legals:

    Under present workplace laws, most employees are only entitled to redundancy payments in the event of a merger if they are refused equal title, position and pay by their new employer. Click here to know where you stand on your rights at work.


Employment News

Covering current affairs and the latest news on careers, the workplace and the job market in general, this section gets down to the facts about topics such as discrimination, bullying and the environment. Issues of importance, such as Australian Workplace Agreements, migration, Gen Y employees are not ignored. Click here to read more Employment News.


Employment News


Career Tools

CareerOne.com.au offers the below tools help educate you and develop your career.

  • Job Alerts are the smart way to find your next job. To set up your search profile and have jobs delivered to your inbox as soon as they are posted, click here for CareerOne.com.au Job Alerts.

  • The Networker is a career newsletter that tailors its information to wherever you are at in your career. Our career experts have chosen the most relevant articles for each profile, click here to subscribe to The Networker.

  • The Graduate is a newsletter for tertiary students or recent graduates who are looking for some inside information to help them get their foot in the door. Click here to subscribe to The Graduate if you are just starting out in your career.


Find a Career Expert

Click here to find a Career Expert for specialist products or services to enhance your career and improve your working life.

Ask Kate
Kate Southam is the editor of CareerOne.com.au and our resident career expert. Click Here to Ask Kate your career questions.

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Kate's Blog
Written by Kate Southam, this blog will look at the wide range of issues that surround employment, job hunting and careers.
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Kate's Blog

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Graduate Opportunities

The Graduate homepage includes information, advice and job opportunities for tertiary students and recent graduates on how to get their foot in the door. Peer interviews and Campus Confessionals provide insight into how to make the move from student to full time employee and there is some fun in there to keep the work-life balance right. Click here for Graduate opportunities and advice.

Graduates click here


Salary Survey

Hays Recruitment agency has released its 2007 salary surveys for Australia and New Zealand. The surveys cover a wide range of industries, including IT, Banking and Finance, Legal, and Sales & Marketing. Click here to find out if you are getting paid according to industry standards.


Click to view Salary Survey Results

Click here for the CareerOne.com.au Pay Rise Calculator. See how a better paid job can lift your lifestyle.

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