Crib Room Careers

05/10/2026

Sometimes people don’t need someone to give them a chance.

They need someone to help them show that they’re ready for one.

That’s something I’ve seen over and over again in mining.

Good people. Capable people. People with years of experience, transferable skills, work ethic and plenty to offer — who struggle to explain any of it on a resume or in an interview.

And sometimes, they’ve simply never had someone in their corner saying:

“You can do this. Let’s work out how we get you there.”

That’s a big part of why I started Crib Room Careers.

Yes, we work on resumes, cover letters and interviews.

But really, it’s about setting people up to succeed.

It’s helping someone recognise the value of what they’ve already done.

It’s being honest about where the gaps are.

It’s making sure we never claim experience they don’t have — while making damn sure we don’t undersell the experience they do.

And sometimes, it’s giving someone enough confidence to finally hit Apply on the job they’ve been talking themselves out of.

Because everyone deserves the opportunity to tell their story properly.

You’ve done the work. Let’s make sure they can see it.

26/09/2026

The Things We Leave Behind
A poem for those who know the mining life.
There’s a certain kind of silence,
When the sun slips from the sky,
And you’re sitting in a crib room,
Wondering how the years went by.
The coffee’s strong, the boots are worn,
Your shirt is stained with dust,
You’ve learned to trust the bloke beside you,
Because out here, trust is a must.
The alarm goes off at half past three,
Another twelve-hour day,
While somewhere in a house back home,
Your family sleeps away.
You miss the birthdays and the Christmases,
The school plays and the tears,
You tell yourself it’s worth it,
As the weeks turn into years.
You watch your children growing,
Through a little phone-held screen,
And wonder where the time has gone,
And all the places you should’ve been.
There’s red dirt in your washing,
And diesel in your veins,
The summer heat is brutal,
Then winter brings the rain.
You’ve watched the sunrise from a haul road,
Seen the stars above the pit,
And felt that strange old feeling,
That you’re somehow part of it.
You’ve laughed until your sides hurt,
With people you barely knew,
And found a second family,
In a hard-hat-wearing crew.
But there are nights the silence gets you,
When the camp room feels too small,
And you’d trade a week of wages,
For a loved one down the hall.
There are mates who’ve left the industry,
And some we’ve lost along the way,
Whose names still come up quietly,
In conversations to this day.
And when your mining days are over,
And your boots are put away,
You’ll remember all those sunrises,
And the mates who made you stay.
You won’t remember every tonne,
Or every target that you met,
But the laughter in the crib room,
That’s the stuff you won’t forget.
For mining gives you plenty,
But it takes its share as well,
And only those who’ve lived it,
Know the stories we could tell.
So here’s to those still out there,
Chasing daylight, chasing pay,
And to everything they leave behind,
Each time they go away.
**Because the hardest part of mining,
Isn’t always what we do.
Sometimes it’s all the living,
That goes on without you

18/09/2026

Copy, workshop. My résumé’s not working—are you able to take a look?”

Sometimes a résumé is like a broken-down machine. You know it should be getting you somewhere, but something just isn’t working.

It might need a quick tune-up—or it might need a complete rebuild.

Send it through to Crib Room Careers. We’ll diagnose the problem, fix what isn’t working and help get your career moving again.

📩 Message Crib Room Careers for résumé reviews, rewrites, cover letters and interview coaching
Cheers
Sonya

03/09/2026

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03/09/2026

THE FINAL CUT.

In mining, the final cut is exactly what it sounds like — the last section mined before that part of the pit is finished.

This photo is one of mine. A final cut. The end of a lot of planning, digging, loading, hauling and hard work.

And it got me thinking about resumes.

Because there comes a point where your resume needs its own final cut.

Not another page added.
Not another paragraph full of buzzwords.
Not every ticket, task and job you’ve ever had squeezed in because you don’t want to leave anything out.

Sometimes the strongest resume comes from knowing what to cut, what to keep, and what deserves to stand out.

Your experience is the material.

The final cut is about shaping it so the person reading your resume can quickly see what you bring to the job.

That’s what I do at Crib Room Careers.

I don’t make people sound like someone they’re not.

I dig through the experience that’s already there and help bring the good stuff to the surface.

Crib Room Careers 💓
Real experience.

03/09/2026

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30/08/2026

TRYING TO BREAK INTO MINING?

One of the biggest mistakes I see people make when they’re trying to get their first mining job is thinking they need to somehow make themselves look like they’ve already been there.

You don’t.

What you need to do is look at what you already bring with you.

Maybe you’ve worked in civil, construction, transport, agriculture, warehousing, hospitality or another completely different industry.

Can you work safely?
Can you follow procedures?
Can you work as part of a crew?
Can you handle long shifts and early starts?
Can you take direction and feedback?
Are you reliable?
Do you understand that looking after equipment matters?
Are you willing to learn?

Those things count.

Yes, tickets and qualifications can help — when they’re relevant to the job you’re applying for. But spending thousands of dollars collecting every ticket someone tells you that you “need” isn’t necessarily going to get you through the gate.

And you don’t need to exaggerate your experience to get noticed either.

A good application takes the experience you genuinely have and helps an employer see how it could transfer into their operation.

You don’t need to look like you’ve already worked in mining.

You need to give an employer a reason to believe you can.

That’s a very different thing.

Crib Room Careers
Real experience. Honestly represented.

29/08/2026

I’ve read a lot of mining resumes.

And one of the biggest mistakes I see is people trying to sound more experienced than they actually are.

Fancy words. Inflated job titles. Machines they’ve barely touched suddenly appearing as “extensive experience”.

That’s not what I do.

If you’ve spent ten years operating a digger, I’ll make sure that experience gets the attention it deserves.

If you’ve never set foot on a mine site but you’ve spent five years working construction, driving trucks, working long shifts or following strict safety procedures, we’ll tell that story properly.

And if you’ve got the ticket but not the experience yet?

We’ll say that too — without underselling you and without pretending you’ve done something you haven’t.

A good mining resume isn’t about making you sound like somebody else.

It’s about recognising the value in the experience you already have and putting it into language mining recruiters understand.

That’s the difference between writing a resume and understanding the industry.

Crib Room Careers
Real experience. Real people. No bu****it

13/08/2026

YOUR MINING RESUME SHOULDN’T SOUND LIKE IT WAS WRITTEN BY SOMEONE WHO’S NEVER BEEN ON A MINE SITE.

I’ve sat in the seat.

I’ve operated the gear.
I’ve worked production.
I’ve trained and assessed operators.
And now I work in safety and training.

So when you tell me you’ve operated a 793, worked ROM, run a water cart, done grader work, worked under a digger, or stepped up to help train the crew — you don’t have to spend half an hour explaining to me what that actually means.

And I won’t turn it into corporate waffle that doesn’t sound anything like you.

That’s what Crib Room Careers is about.

Taking the experience you already have and making sure your resume actually shows its value.

Whether you’re trying to:

• get your first break into mining
• move companies or sites
• step up into training, safety or leadership
• or you’ve simply realised your old resume doesn’t reflect the operator you’ve become…

Come and have a chat.

Your experience is valuable. Your resume should make that obvious.

🩷 Crib Room Careers
Mining experience. Written by someone who gets it.

04/08/2026