Feeding back the question in your answer
One of the approaches we recommend in interview training involves encouraging the candidate to feed back the very language they hear in the question. So if the interviewer says: “We are looking for someone with excellent IT skills for this role, someone who can work their way around IT problems as they arise. How would […]
Galway Office
Leading education figure is head of new Galway office for career training company Patricia Maloney, the well-known Galway woman who 22 years ago founded the first private college to provide a repeat Leaving Certificate programme to second-level students in the west of Ireland, has teamed up with a leading career training company to establish its […]
Tips to improve your CV
By Angela Tjalsma, CV Editor, Sli Nua Careers (Ballinrobe) With competition becoming more and more intense – not just for securing employment, but even getting called to interview – it is critical to have a first-rate CV. This document is the first point of contact the potential employer has with you: for this reason it […]
Two roads diverged in a wood…
Robert Frost might not have been speaking figuratively about career direction, but for this exercise we can use his celebrated poem as a backdrop for considering career action plans. Many people these days are facing numerous career roads, either by choice or by obligation. A career action plan does not have to be an intricate […]
Cutting back on interview information overload
The majority of us have been there: it’s the run up to the Leaving Cert and you’re too afraid to sneeze in case a quote from Peig or a highlighted passage from Soundings escapes. A complete information overload, and if you left things till last minute this information overload was administered in a matter of […]
Galway Independent
By Liam Horan, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Our article form The Galway Independent February 2012. Liam Horan is Managing Director of Sli Nua Careers Ltd. You can read more blogs from Sli Nua Careers coaches HERE, and make a booking for CV Preparation and Interview Training.
Navigating the interview gauntlet
Navigating the interview gauntlet Are you willing to go where the company sends you? This question may seem to be the proverbial ‘spanner in the works’. However, step back and think about what exactly the prospective employer is asking you? Some of us think we are not allowed to question the interviewer. This is an […]
Clare FM
By Liam Horan, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Liam Horan of Sli Nua Careers talk to Clare FM about job-hunting, CVs and interview tips. Liam Horan is Managing Director of Sli Nua Careers Ltd. You can read more blogs from Sli Nua Careers coaches HERE, and make a booking for CV Preparation and Interview Training.
Forward view will reduce past pain
Q: My last job finished prematurely. I left before I was pushed. My face no longer fit. Once upon a time, I was invited to take part in decision making, included in all management chit-chat trips to the canteen to discuss things, and sounded out about possible business developments, innovations and initiatives. Slowly but surely, […]
Questions to put teacher on the spot
With all the movement in the primary school teaching sector at the moment, it might be an opportune time to talk about typical questions that primary school teachers may be asked in a job interview. Some of these are common to other sectors too, so, even if you’re not a primary school teacher, you might […]