Stand out from the crowd

With more than 800,000 Australians unemployed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and the ever-present threat of more losses, understanding how to give yourself the best chance of landing a job is more important than ever.

Securing a job involves finding opportunities, tailoring your skills – and, if necessary, undertaking further training – preparing an application and presenting yourself in the best possible light at the interview.

Despite government intervention with the JobKeeper scheme, the pandemic has seen the number of those without a job hit high levels.

Unemployment jumped in April by 104,500 people to 823,300,