Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs):

How much will it cost?

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Does after-hours service cost more? Home

No. Not even for urgent jobs.

How do I pay? Home

Cash on delivery or pickup. For emailed transactions a cheque must be sent and cleared before the final documents are posted/emailed. Cheques are usually cleared within 2 working days.

If there is a demonstrated need we shall put in place a method of secure on-line transactions.

How long will it take? Home

For Résumés

For uncomplicated résumés and updates:

WITHIN 4 HOURS. IF THE CLIENT IS PRESENT A Résumé CAN TAKE LESS THAN AN HOUR TO UPDATE AND PRINT OUT.

For selection criteria claims or forms downloaded from websites:

USUALLY WITHIN 24 HOURS. IF THE CLIENT IS PRESENT THE WHOLE PROCESS CAN BE FAST-TRACKED TO FINISH WITHIN A COUPLE OF HOURS.

For Urgent Printing Jobs like Funeral Booklets:

DONE IMMEDIATELY

For larger jobs like books for publication:

CAN TAKE UP TO THREE MONTHS

Can I do it on-line? Home

YES. Email your stuff to us and we'll email a draft back to you.

When we receive your payments we will post you the printed copies and CD and email the files to you.

However, we strongly recommend that you come to us and supervise the preparation of your documents. It's like buying clothes off-the-shelf or having them tailor-made to suit YOU.

We don't charge extra for the time we spend with you.

How do I get to you? Home

Click here.

What's your job experience? Home

Keith, your  Résumé Enhancer, has been in the Australian workforce for more than 30 years as an educator, public servant, factory worker, railway worker and office cleaner. Prior to that Keith was a lecturer in English Literature in a prestigious Indian university college teaching Shakespearian studies and linguistics. He also collaborated with the British Council in a Bridging Course to help students for whom English was a second language.

During eight years as a public servant in Australia Keith served on various internal selection panels and grievance committees, sometimes as Chairperson, sometimes as union workplace representative and sometimes as line manager. No one empathises more with all categories of workers, and no one knows more about presenting oneself most effectively at each level.

Nowadays Keith successfully combines running a small business, writing and publishing books, doing part-time teaching in a leading State senior high school and coordinating a parish religion programme. In all these capacities he continues to create, enhance and evaluate a wide range of résumés and selection criteria claims.

What's your résumé-writing experience? Home

We have written résumés for corporate lawyers, doctors, policemen, submariners, Advanced Skills Teachers, halal butchers, beauticians, carpenters, waitresses, equipment strategists (mining executives) and heavy vehicle operators resident in Tanzania, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Perth and rural Western Australia from Garden Island to Kalgoorlie. We obviously cannot display their résumés on-line without violating their privacy, but we have scores of examples to show you with the clients' names and personal details omitted to protect their anonymity. Even with these safeguards, some clients often request UsForOz not to show their documentation to anyone else, and their wishes are NEVER disregarded.

I don't know how to write a résumé - will you help me? Home

As teacher and after-hours TAFE lecturer Keith has helped scores of school leavers and others with job applications. He has done résumés for family carers re-entering the work force after years of home management. Everyone has expertise and accomplishments. They only need to be shown how to present these to best advantage. Keith will show you too, and work on your job interview techniques.

Is a CV different from a résumé? Home

No. Curriculum Vitae (Latin for 'course of life'), and résumé, (French for 'a summary'), are interchangeable in Australia. Résumé is usually preferred locally because it's shorter, and it is apparently the preferred term in North America.

Can you get me a job? Home

UsForOz is not a placement service, but we can get you a head start in the mining industry. Please ring us or email us for more information.

Mobile: 0410 651 900. Email: mines4me@usforoz.com.

Why did you call your company UsForOz?

Ha! Ha! Thought you'd never ask!

Australia is not a set of borders, politicians or economic indicators. Oz is us. We can make Australia shine.

When I came to Australia in 1970 I was made welcome by 'Good Neighbours' sent by the Good Neighbour Council of Australia to greet new arrivals and make them welcome. Australia has always made me welcome. To me, Australia is the rainbow over the rainbow, the Dreaming, Dorothy's Oz. Oz must be everybody's dream. Only WE can make it so. Ask not what your country can do for you...

If you ring me or email me and tell me you've read this, whether you think it's true or just a lot of commie-pinko hippie garbage, I'll send you a free pen which says:

"You did it! Congratulations.

UsForOz - let's make Oz shine!"

The books published under the UsForOz logo are the real stories of Aussies, especially West Aussies. They are the stories of civil engineers, soldiers, airmen, freedom fighters, the girls of Britain's and Australia's Land Army, hockey coaches, teachers, migrants and world travellers. See the list here.

The résumés prepared and enhanced by UsForOz are done for people who are busy making Future Oz brighter with their talents, courage and ambition. One day they too will write their stories, I hope. But they don't need to. Oz will remember.

Keith Matthews

Why are your prices so low?

My answer is, you're one of the lucky ones if you can afford them. Many people can't, and those are the ones who need us most. However, we need to stay in business, so we balance providing a social service with staying profitable. Other résumé writers have a right to fix their fees according to their own profit equation and so do we. If our charges are lower than most others it's because:

1. We have no overheads. We work from home. All the work is done by family members, hence we have no labour costs either.

2. We own our own gear and control our own finances. We have no shareholders or creditors, not even a credit account.

3. We have multiple income streams. We combine educational interests with book publishing and résumé writing.

4. We are not inclined to be rich and famous. Our home office is very, very modest, but it's very, very adequate and very, very productive. Visit us sometime. Click here to see where we hang out our shingle.

Can you prove your credentials? Home

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LIST OF RECENT BOOKS

(In order of publication - most recent first)

Profiles of books on-line soon! Enquire from UsForOz regarding availability.

See YOURSELF in print! Ring us on 0410 651 900 or email Keith

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FREE HELP WITH YOUR résumé:

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1. Résumé-writing advice from the Australian National University's Career Launch

Click on the line above this one to read the advice or save it on your hard drive. This is a pdf file that you can't edit. To download and save it, right click on the link above and choose the Save Target As option. It will save itself on your hard drive. You can then open it if you have an Adobe reader, which is freely available on the Internet.

 

Click here to get an Adobe Reader: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

 

To go to the ANU's site click here: http://www.anu.edu.au/careers/online_advice/careerlaunch/CLresume.pdf

 

2. A sample cover letter in Word 97 format

Click on the line above this one to read the cover letter or save it on your hard drive. This is a Word 97 file that you CAN edit. To download and save it, right click on the link above and choose the Save Target As option. It will save itself on your hard drive. You can then open it and change it to suit your own application. It's in Word 97 format so people with older versions of Microsoft Office can use it. Office XP will prompt you to save your document in XP format after you've edited it.

Why are we giving you free advice?

Because we wish you well. We know many people can't reach us or can't afford to pay for a résumé.

Good luck with your job application. Please recommend us to your friends.