Guides to local work and hiring
Plain-English answers to the questions job seekers and small business owners actually ask - written for Australia, with links to the official sources.
Job seeker guides
Getting the tickets, understanding your pay, and landing a job at a local business without a resume.
How to get your RSA in Australia (and when you need an RCG too)
What a Responsible Service of Alcohol certificate is, which jobs need one, how to get it in each state, how long it lasts, and what an RCG or RSG adds.
6 min read
Casual pay in Australia: loading, penalty rates and what you should be getting
How casual pay works for cafe, bar, retail and cleaning jobs: casual loading, award rates, weekend and public holiday penalties, super, and what to do if you think you are being underpaid.
6 min read
How to apply for a local job without a resume
What cafe, bar and shop owners actually look at when hiring, how to write a three-line intro that gets a reply, and how to use availability and credentials instead of a CV.
5 min read
Getting your first job in Australia: the checklist
Everything you need before your first shift: tax file number, super fund, bank account, ID, the minimum working age in your state, the tickets local jobs ask for, and what your employer must give you.
6 min read
Finding casual work as a student: shifts that fit around study
How to find casual jobs near campus or home that work around a timetable, which local roles suit students, how to handle exam periods, and what international students need to check first.
5 min read
What is a work passport? Credentials, availability and reliability in one place
How the My Local Jobs work passport works: add your RSA, food safety and other tickets once, set your availability, build a reliability rating, and reuse it all on every application.
4 min read
Hiring guides
What every cafe, bar, shop and salon owner hits when putting on staff.
How to hire casual staff in Australia: a small business guide
What casual employment actually means, what it costs, the paperwork you must give new casuals, and how to find reliable local people fast.
7 min read
Casual vs part-time vs full-time: which should you hire?
The real differences between casual, part-time and full-time employment for Australian small businesses - costs, flexibility, leave and conversion rules.
6 min read
How to write a job ad locals actually answer
A practical template for small-business job ads: what to put in the title, why pay transparency wins, and the details that make good people apply.
5 min read
Hiring your first employee in Australia: the checklist
Every registration, insurance and piece of paperwork a small business needs before putting on its first staff member - in the order to do them.
6 min read