34 articles
Your raise is usually decided before you ask. A recruiter on when the money gets set, who signs it off, and the one page your manager needs to argue for you, with the Careersy AI prompts for each step.
14 min read
A final round, then nothing. How long is normal in Australian and New Zealand tech, what the silence usually is, and the three messages I give clients word for word, with the Careersy AI prompts that draft them.
16 min read
Don't say yes on the call. A recruiter on what happens inside the company when you counter, what moves easily, base versus sign-on with the maths, and the counter to write before your deadline.
12 min read
Ask for their range first, then give yours in two parts: base, plus super. A recruiter on where your number goes once it's written down, and the three numbers to write tonight.
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The first filter is usually a question on the form. Then a recruiter searches the pile for the hiring manager's exact words. Here's the order, the systems behind 2,031 ANZ job ads, and three checks to run tonight.
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The panel decides from their notes, so every answer has to give them something to write down. Here are the six steps I run with clients before an interview, with the exact Careersy AI prompts that grill each story before the panel does.
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A 30-day plan with the order that works: get recruiters finding you, get people referring you, and apply last. Includes the numbers to check and when to reset.
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LinkedIn's new recruiter agent, AI sourcing tools and applicant systems now read you before a person does. Here's what each one looks at, and nine steps to take.
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When someone clicks your name, your activity is what they scroll to. Here's how to give them something worth reading, from your first comment to your first post, with or without AI.
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What a recruiter is actually deciding when they open your application, the software that reads it first, and the exact steps to land in the ten that get read. Five changes before 2027, from the hiring side.
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Enhancv, Resume.io and Grammarly all check your CV against the ATS. None was built for an Australian or New Zealand CV, and none publishes a rule about what it writes when it cannot ground a line. An honest comparison, with prices checked September 2026.
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An agentic AI sourcing tool told me exactly how it ranks candidates. Three separate jobs, not one, and posting more does none of them.
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We ran the exact questions people bring to intake calls through ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok, then through Careersy AI's new AI Fluency mode on the same rubric. Zero of twenty answers asked what was actually going on before advising, and three of the four told users the AI pay premium is Australian. It's global.
11 min read
Everyone gives you job-search tactics. Nobody warns you what three months of silence does to your head. Three concrete moves, from someone who read the applications, to take back the part the market works hardest to steal: a bit of control.
5 min read
Deep Research that remembers your prep and forgets your stale facts. Careersy AI Lite, an entry point for everyone. And the week's smaller fixes. The Debrief points at the room, not the company.
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Careersy AI can now run deep web research on a company, a role, or an interviewer, and it remembers what it found. Days later, your interview prep already knows.
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Five ATS companies just told employers, in their own words, that AI now drafts your interview questions and writes your CV summary before a recruiter forms their own view. What that means, and the one thing you still control.
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Three real product updates at Careersy AI, and the exact moment each one was built to fix. This is not a changelog.
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Using AI more is not the same as being good at it. From the hiring side, here is the four-level ladder that separates the people who just use AI from the ones who own the outcome.
9 min read
A recruiter is already calling you about AI roles, and you're the one who doesn't believe it. The four doors into AI, the honest gap behind each, and which one is already open for you.
6 min read
Everyone's calling it the death of middle management. Here's what the data actually shows, the Router/Owner Split hiding inside it, and the test to see which half of the job you're doing.
7 min read
A job that pays you to take AI the last mile into a real business is now one of the fastest-growing roles in tech, and it just landed in Sydney. What it is, what it pays, and how to get in.
24 min read
Companies claim 88% of them use AI. Count every firm and it's about 20%, and almost none are built around it. A recruiter's read of who's actually using AI in 2026, and what it means for your next job.
9 min read
Most "best AI job search tool" lists rank US-built software that has never seen an Australian hiring process. Here's an honest look at Teal, Jobscan, and what they miss.
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Ask most AI resume tools to make you stronger and they will make you up. CV Canvas does the opposite: it sharpens only what is true, and stops to ask before it ever invents a word.
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Using AI in your job search isn't cheating, but faking it backfires. A recruiter's guide to using AI to get read correctly, with the evidence. AU/NZ.
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We grade every Careersy AI answer automatically. Then we caught our own grader marking good work down by two points, proved it against a human, and rebuilt it. How we measure quality honestly.
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A flat ChatGPT subscription and a purpose-built AI tool are not the same product, priced the same way. Here is what is actually on the meter, in plain English.
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Australia ranks second globally for tech job losses in 2026. AI is screening you before a human sees your CV. A 13-year recruiter on the 1-day reset that actually moves the needle.
32 min read
A 13+ year ANZ tech recruiter on the 482 / Skills in Demand visa in 2026: who actually sponsors, what the new streams and CSOL mean, and how to frame your application so it lands.
11 min read
How Careersy AI handles your data: the controls you have, where it lives, and the honest parts most AI privacy pages skip.
7 min read
Can't get a tech job in Australia right now? The market's harder than the headlines say. Where hiring is actually happening, and what to fix when you're stuck.
15 min read
ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini are brilliant generalists. They can't see how findable you are to recruiters or what gets you shortlisted. Here's what does.
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Sent hundreds of applications and heard nothing? The reason isn't your experience. It's a signal problem. Here's the recruiter-side fix, ANZ-specific.
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