| Approaching recruitment agencies and employers: | | | | available. Just ensure the Resume or CV doesn't try to |
| Few recruiters and employers will touch an overseas | | | | cross over too many position titles otherwise the |
| applicant unless an arrival date is clearly listed. Simply | | | | focus will be lost and the application will fail. |
| writing "4 or 6 weeks' notice" won't suffice as it's too | | | | Resume / CV length: |
| much of a risk for the recruiter and their client. They | | | | Australia has come a long way of the past 7 or so |
| will be looking for applicants who have already | | | | years with the length of resumes / cv's rapidly |
| committed to an arrival date. | | | | diminishing from up to 10 pages down to a more |
| Visa or Residency status: | | | | manageable size of 2 to 4 pages. The template size |
| Australia has strict rules in place governing working | | | | to use on MS Word is A4 (21cm x 29.7cm), and a |
| visas and immigrations. Your client will need to ensure | | | | quick "English - Australia" spell check can make a huge |
| they understand the requirements for lodgements and | | | | difference. |
| it's always worth seeking professional advice. Don't | | | | Online Job Boards: |
| rely on a company or recruitment agency to provide | | | | The 3 names that dominate the market here in |
| this information for you - they won't. | | | | Australia are: 1) Seek 2) MyCareer 3) Careerone |
| Targeting your Resume or CV: | | | | although there are quite possibly over 30 plus |
| Before you client considers sending off their Resume | | | | mainstream boards to chose from. For executive |
| or CV, it's important that they understand there are | | | | search both Seek and MyCareer offer a great variety |
| high levels of competition amongst common | | | | of AUD$100k to $250k jobs. |
| professions such as Accounting & Finance, IT, | | | | About us:itouch has been providing resumes services |
| Sales, HR etc. but there are always opportunities | | | | and resume writing for many years. |