How’s the form? Not as bad as you might think [Application Form]
Q: An Assistant Principal position is coming up in our school. I want to go for it. But I hear it will be a competency-based application form that could run for pages and pages – I’m not sure I’ll have the staying power for it. Anything to soothe my frayed nerves? (DR, email). A: You, […]
Repeated date changes are making me jumpy [Interview Training]
Q: They’ve just changed the interview date – for a second time. I’m ripping mad, to be honest. Plus, I’m running out of excuses at work. I’m afraid my boss will smell a rat. Will I just tell them to forget about it – if they can’t get the interview date right, they must be […]
Confirmation of face-to-face Interview Training session – GPA
Key details re our face-to-face Interview Training session: Click our Interview Workbook HERE to download the form that we will use to explore what the employer is looking for in this position – fill out this Workbook as best you can and email back to us to allow us to become familiar with its contents. […]
Ten gaffes to derail your job interview
Job Interview training : Job search engine Simply Hired has just published research into the 10 worst things you can do in a job interview. They spoke to 850 hiring managers and enlisted some interesting views, writes Ashley Cahillane, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers. The first thing to note is that this is a list […]
Liam Horan talks on Claremorris Community Radio
In this interview on Claremorris Community Radio, Anthony McNicholas interviews Career Coach, Liam Horan. Liam talks about CVs, job interviews, job searching and career direction.
15 Steps to Building a Winning CV by Liam Horan
It’s you they want to hire – not a PowerPoint [Presentation training]
Interview Training : Q: I’ve to do a ten-minute presentation at a job interview in two weeks’ time – ‘how will you improve this company over the next three years?’ The problem is it’s my own job I’m doing it for. Well, not quite, but I’ve been acting in the position since my boss got […]
Confirmation of online Interview Training session – GPA
Key details re your online Interview Training session Steps to take now 1: Email your Coach (click for details) with your CV or Application Form and, if you have them, the advertisement, job spec or call-to-interview email you received. Steps to take in the days before the session 1: Complete our Interview Workbook HERE […]
I didn’t get the job – what else did I lose?
Q: I went for an interview early in January, and thought I did fairly well. I didn’t get the job and I’m very disappointed. Looking back on it, one thing bugs me – they kept asking me about my current job, questions like how we do certain things, key customers, and so on. I tried […]
Parachute can help you jump – Career Change
Q: I’m looking at a career change. I’ve been in retail for 25 years and I’ve enough of it. I’m just going the motions. Now, knowing me, this change won’t be a turn-on-a-sixpence job. I tend to make big decisions with all the pace of a glacier. Is there any book you’d recommend at this […]