We’re on TG4

By Liam Horan, Sli Nua Careers Our Dublin North Career Coach Mark McDonald will appear on a special TG4  programme on redundancy on Monday next, October 6th, at (8.00pm). Mark offers tips on what people who find themselves facing redundancy can do to keep their morale up while they look for their next position.

Tips for candidates applying for CarTrawler jobs

By Liam Horan, Sli Nua Careers There was a major jobs boost for Dublin this week as car rental company CarTrawler announced the creation of 400 new positions. More on the announcement HERE In this audio, Liam Horan of Sli Nua Careers talks about how you should focus your CV if you’re applying for jobs in […]

Is it down to luck or hard work?

By Patricia Maloney, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers, Galway I spoke to somebody recently who had just been offered a job following a two-stage interview process. This person felt that he was lucky to be offered the job based on what he knew to be the level of competition for that particular vacancy. I don’t […]

Sli Nua Careers and National Jobs Week

By Mark McDonald, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Dublin North Sli Nua Careers are delighted to be supporting the Department of Social Protection jobs week initiative HERE which runs from Monday the 29th of September up to Friday 3rd of October. The events are designed to bring job seekers and employers together and will include talks […]

Mark Mc Donald on Phoenix FM’s D15 Today

Mark Mc Donald from Sli Nua Careers Dublin North Office talks to Dave and Dan on Phoenix FM’s D15 Today show and offers some tips on how you can succeed in getting the job you want. Mark McDonald is a Career Coach with Sli Nua Careers and works out of Dublin North. You can read more […]

Career Corner @CRC1029fm September 22nd 2014

Liam Horan, Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Ltd, talks to Declan Murphy of Community Radio Castlebar –  a series of career tips interviews that will be broadcast each Monday on CRC-fm at 5.30pm GMT. This week: Here we deal with regular interview questions. Community Radio Castlebar has a licence from the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland to […]

Career Corner @CRC1029fm September 15th 2014

Mark McDonald, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Ltd, talks to Aidan Crowley of Community Radio Castlebar –  a series of career tips interviews that will be broadcast each Monday on CRC-fm at 5.30pm GMT. Community Radio Castlebar has a licence from the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland to provide a community radio service to Castlebar and […]

Preparing for Defence Forces recruitment interviews

By Mick O’Connor, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Athlone Prospective candidates who wish to pursue a career in the Defence forces need to be focussed on the following key points: 1.    Background Knowledge You need to understand fully the induction process for the Defence Forces which culminates in an Interview. Have a basic knowledge of […]

Do your research – there are no short-cuts to success

By Mary O’Brien, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers (Claremorris) A lot of us prepare for interviews in a similar manner i.e. we look at our CV and previous experience and begin the process of trying to match our skills to the requirements of the job in order to answer questions as effectively as possible. This […]

Good luck to our own star pupils!

Over the summer months, we were privileged to work with a large number of teachers and others in the education sphere. Without breaching confidentiality, I can reveal we worked with deputy principals going for principal positions, teachers going for deputy principal positions, teachers going for principal positions, teachers going for full-time jobs, teachers going for maternity […]