Make them want to bite your hand off A big challenge when preparing for job interviews is to first of all identify your real skills and strengths – and then to portray those properly on the day, writes Sean Browne, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers. And the irony…
Seven tips to make the most of your public speaking… Q: I am completing an internship at a company in a month’s time. Six of us came in on a graduate programme and I have been selected to deliver a wrap-up address at a significant company gathering. I must summarise…
How to make your career history work with – not… Q: I've got past the first two interviews for a major post I am chasing in a new company, and now, as I get ready for the third, they've insisted that they want to talk to the general manager of…
How to make your ‘dream job’ work for you Q: I am going for an interview in a company next week. A friend of mine went for an interview there about a year ago and a question that really threw her was “identify your dream job – and why?”…
Go hard and make it pay Q: Two jobs have come up in the same company. I’m very attracted to one of them and think I could land it and do a good job in it; the other one is not quite as interesting for me,…
How do I narrow down my options and make good… VIDEO: How do I narrow down my options and make good choices as I get close to completing my second-level education? In our recent webinar for senior cycle students, this question came from a viewer. Our experts Sean Larkin and…
