Navigating choppy waters of contract negotiation
Q: I’ve got the job, and the contract has come in the post. It’s about 90 per cent of what I would want it to be, but I feel the role description is too broad. I know from working in this sector that nobody could fulfil everything they are looking for in the spec. My […]
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Hobbies & Interests Inventory
Please fill our Hobbies & Interests Inventory HERE This helps us get to know you better as we help you develop your career. After you have completed it, we will return it to you for your own records.
My roving eye is giving me career itch – our weekly career column
Q: I’m in a job I don’t like – and that’s to put it mildly. My role is as an office receptionist, but it’s too narrow in focus for me. I’d much prefer to be working in a hotel doing sales and reservations, instead of just pushing calls through to my bosses, which I’m currently […]
Late query threw me off my stride – our weekly careers newspaper column
Q: They asked me at the end if I had any questions for them. I couldn’t think of any. The interview had gone well but I came out feeling I had missed a trick at the end. Did I? I haven’t heard yet if I got the job. Fingers crossed. (KM, email) A: You say […]
CV snap is a personal choice – our weekly careers column from various Irish newspapers
Q: Should I put my photo on my CV? (ST, email) A: We asked this very question on Facebook recently. Well, in point of fact, we asked ‘do you have your own photo on your CV?’ Quick as lightening, a woman replied: “No, I have Angelina Jolie’s on mine.” Game, set and match – we […]
Showing the knowledge in all circumstances. Our weekly column from various Irish newspapers
Q: I’ve always heard that you should impress the interviewers with your level of knowledge about the company. But how can you do that if they don’t ask the right question? Will it not look contrived? (MK, email). A: The whole interview scenario has an element of contrivance about it. You must first of all […]
Thinking ahead pays interview dividends (our weekly column from various Irish newspapers)
Q: I did an interview recently with a panel of four people. It was a fairly structured affair, with each of the interviewers having their own sections to cover and questions to ask. Midway through the interview, the chairperson handed over to a man I shall call Mr Murphy (for that was his name – […]
Free interview training session
Today (Tuesday) we have an eleventh-hour need for someone to go through our Interview Training programme – this is to facilitate training of a new member of our staff. If you happen to be available in Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo, today at 2.30pm, we will put you through the two-hour programme. The training will be provided […]
Try sales – ‘tis nobler than you thought (our weekly column from various Irish newspapers)
Career development has many parallels with the world of sales. So it is important to first of all check your perception of sales. Does the word make your skin crawl or fill you with warmth, or does it sit somewhere in between? To many, sales is a dirty word. They equate it with deceptive people, […]