RNZ – As jobseeker numbers rise, how can you stand out

With year 12 students anticipating their VCE results, today’s talkback forum on careers was hosted by Ali Moore with oncologist and author Dr Ranjana Srivastava, Career Coach Leah Lambart and Vice-Chancellor professor Justin Beilby of Torrens University.

With unemployment up, it can be a tough market out there if you’re looking for a job. The latest figures put the unemployment rate up to 4.3% for the March quarter, from 4 % on the previous quarter. Job ad numbers from Seek released last week showed a drop of 8 % in June and 35 % year on year. So if you are looking for work, what are some of the things you can do to stand out from the crowd? Leah Lambart runs a career counselling service called Relaunch Me – she’s also Seek’s Resident Career Coach and joins Kathryn to provide some job-hunting advice.

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