We’re a local team of professional writers, coaches and facilitatorshere to help you succeed in your public sector career.
We’re Australia’s leading public sector career specialists, ready to help you take the next step in your public sector career. We work with professionals Australia wide, offering resume writing, selection criteria writing, cover letters, LinkedIn profile optimisation, interview coaching, and career coaching.
We also work with organisations seeking to foster the career development of their teams. We offer tailored in person workshops Australia wide, and also offer virtual and on demand training. Contact us today to learn more about how we can help with career development workshops.
Every member of our team has been selected for their exceptional communication skills and strong professional background. Upon commencing work with us, every team member completes Professional Resumes Australia’s signature training program in best practice application writing and career coaching for the Australian public sector, followed by ongoing mentoring and assessment. The result is a team of professionals who are experts in their field and ready to help you take this exciting next step in your career.
Learn more about each member of our team below.

Rebecca is an experienced senior manager in the higher education sector, with a track record of working closely with Federal Government funding agencies. With extensive experience across position writing, grant criteria writing, and interviewing, Rebecca writes highly targeted application documents that get results. Rebecca holds two Bachelor’s degrees, a Graduate Diploma in Language and is currently completing a Master’s Degree in Language. Rebecca values exceptional client service and is highly recommended by all who work with her.

With more than 20 years’ experience as a senior journalist, media and public relations manager, Karen is dedicated to using her skills in writing, interviewing and researching to achieve the best possible career outcomes for her clients. Karen knows how to tell your professional and career story to maximum advantage. Her wealth of industry knowledge gained throughout her writing career, alongside her experience in the private and not-for-profit sectors, enables Karen to provide expert support to clients with exceptional results.

Katrina has seven years of experience in professional roles across employment services, working closely with public sector departments on a wide variety of integrated projects, alongside extensive professional writing experience. With a Bachelor’s degree in Behavioural Science and strong experience liaising with diverse recruiters, Katrina is highly skilled in deciphering the ambiguity of government applications to deliver clear, well-structured and highly targeted selection criteria documentation. Katrina enjoys working closely with her clients and consistently achieves excellent results.

With postgraduate qualifications in Public Communications and a background in Behavioural Psychology, Emma has extensive experience in recruitment, over ten years in the Australian public sector, and substantial expertise in training and development. With a wealth of knowledge and a skill for effective facilitation, Emma has taught career development at the tertiary level at multiple leading Australian universities. Since her commencement with Professional Resumes Australia in 2017, Emma has successfully developed and delivered tailored career and leadership workshops to diverse cohorts at all levels with excellent results.

Sue is an experienced selection criteria writer with extensive professional experience working in the QLD public sector over a 25+ year career before joining our team. With experience on public sector interview panels, and as chair of numerous selection panels, Sue brings a wealth of experience to her clients. Sue has an excellent success rate of progressing her clients to interview and is appreciated for her thorough approach and meticulous attention to detail.

Emilie is a skilled writer who brings a wealth of public sector experience to her role as a Selection Criteria Writer. Most recently working for the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), Emilie is passionate about helping her clients succeed. Emilie’s client focused and thorough approach to application writing makes her a highly recommended member of our writing team.

With a Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology) and a PhD (Philosophy), alongside extensive experience in technology, consulting, and organisational leadership, Peter specialises in working with our executive level clients. As a skilled writer with a strong understanding of application requirements at the senior leadership level, Peter consistently receives exceptional feedback from our clients on his ability to translate career experience into tailored and effective application documents at the senior level.

With a background in HR and Marketing, and postgraduate qualifications in Management and Workplace Transformation, Michaela founded Professional Resumes Australia in 2014. Michaela prides herself on leading with integrity, delivering an exceptional client experience, and a track record of helping thousands of Australians to excel in their public sector careers. As the lead of our training team and a skilled facilitator, Michaela enjoys partnering with organisations to deliver engaging, impactful, and aligned career development training.

Bec is an experienced customer service professional with 15 years of professional experience across the public and private sectors. As your first point of contact when you submit an enquiry with Professional Resumes Australia, Bec is dedicated to client success and loves seeing the difference we make by helping clients to achieve an interview and secure their new role.
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