Four tips to build your confidence before interview
By Sabina Trench, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers We all need our confidence boosted from time to time. Job interviews can rattle the most secure of people. Before putting yourself through the challenge of facing an interview panel, you need to make sure your confidence is intact,writes SABINA TRENCH, CAREER COACH, SLI NUA CAREERS. Here are four simple […]
The hunt begins for teaching jobs – hunt clever @crc1029fm May 30th 2016
I’m a primary school teacher searching for a permanent job in September. There are lots of opportunities out there but not only do I have to send in a CV and cover letter, I have to complete an application form for each school. Where do I start? (JG, email). Career Coach Sabina Trench answers this question. […]
It’s an interview – not your annual appraisal
By Liam Horan, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Sometimes interview candidates find it difficult to sell themselves when they go for a job in their current organisation. They need to claim this right. Others – perhaps some with lesser achievements, commitment and experience – will claim this right. This is an interview. A sales call. […]
Let your STAR shine by making your answers relevant to ‘Them’
By Liam Horan, Career Coach & Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Let your STAR shine by making your answers relevant to ‘Them’ Competency-based interviews are not quite all the rage, but they have certainly grown in popularity and the indications are that they will continue to become more commonplace, writes LIAM HORAN, CAREER COACH, SLI NUA CAREERS. Yet, […]
How to overcome low confidence for interview @crc1029fm May 23rd 2016
Today’s Question: I am going for a job interview next week, but I haven’t done one in about eight years. I ran my own business until recently when it folded. My confidence is on the floor. Can you give me some tips? (AOS, email). Career Coach Sabina Trench answers this question. Community Radio Castlebar has […]
Why your CV needs to know where it’s going
By Liam Horan, Career Coach & Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Q: I’m a jack-of- all-trades in my work. I do everything and anything yet sometimes when my husband asks me what I did all day, I don’t know what to say. My job title is Marketing Executive, but, in reality, I do a whole lot more […]
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Deliberately vague in your CV? Fess up time at interview
Today’s Question: I’m afraid the interview panel will cotton onto the fact that while I have a lot of on-the-road sales experience, I haven’t done much in the tele-sales area before – and the job is in tele-sales. I have kind of obscured it in my CV. Should I ‘fess up on the day? (SOC, […]
Confident, not complacent – that’s the key
By Liam Horan, Career Coach & Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers The best candidate doesn’t always get the job, writes LIAM HORAN, CAREER COACH, SLI NUA CAREERS. As so many sports teams have found to their cost, complacency is an insidious virus that attacks without notice and can be extremely difficult to combat. If you live long […]
5000 extra summer jobs in the pub trade – will you snag one?
By Sabina Trench, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers The group representing the majority of publicans has said it expects 5,000 more summer jobs than normal to be generated in the industry this year. Read the news in full here. This resonates with a blog post I wrote just a few weeks ago, which also flagged […]