How past mistakes can have future value in job interviews
By Liam Horan, Sli Nua Careers Q: I am going for a job interview with a well-known company next week. A friend of mine works there already and he says there is one question that the manager always asks in interviews: “Tell me about a time when you made a right mess of something in […]
Three views on making a meddling manager redundant in the interview process
By Liam Horan, Sli Nua Careers Q: I am going for a middle management interview with the group business development manager. We don’t really get on, mainly because I disagree with how he goes about his business – to be blunt about it, he’d sell his granny. I want the job, but am not sure […]
Ideas for change can help your case
By Liam Horan, Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Q: At a job interview last week, I was going grand until I got thrown by this question: tell me one thing you would change about your current job? I didn’t know what to say. I am happy enough in my current job – I’m only moving […]
How the next step can lead to the right step
By Liam Horan, Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Q: I am going for a job in a progressive company but, to be honest, it’s not really the job I want. It is a step down the ladder from where I would like to be in the same company and I can’t deny that I will […]
Seven easy career steps for the ambitious student – November 30th 2015 #crc1029fm
Liam Horan, Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Ltd, talks to on Community Radio Castlebar, in Career Corner – a series of career tips interviews that will be broadcast each Monday on CRC-fm at 5.30pm GMT. Q: I am in first year in college – what steps can I take now career-wise so that I have an advantage […]
Going the extra, extra mile in job-searching
By Liam Horan, Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Q: I have been trying to get a job for the last 19 months. And, yes I have really tried: I mean, really, really tried. I have fine tuned my CV. I have gone to networking meetings. I have told friends and all sorts of random acquaintances that […]
The little bit that can go a long way for you
By Liam Horan, Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Q: Virtually every interview I attend, the first question is ‘can you tell us about yourself”? I never know what to say. I could go off in a thousand different directions. Any advice? (LD, email). A: We put this question to four of our career coaches, LD, and […]
How to make the best of a bad job
By Liam Horan, Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Q: I worked in my last place of employment for four years, but the final year was hell, and we parted on poor terms. I suspect that potential employers will want to hear from the manager there, but that would be the death knell for my chances […]
Personality clash with interviewer November 23th 2015 #crc1029fm
Career Corner topic: You have an upcoming interview but you don’t see eye to eye with your interviewer . Is this the end of the road for your career progression with this company? Liam Horan, Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Ltd, talks to on Community Radio Castlebar, in Career Corner – a series of career tips […]
Right company wrong job and how to land it – November 16th 2015 #crc1029fm
Liam Horan, Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Ltd, talks to on Community Radio Castlebar, in Career Corner – a series of career tips interviews that will be broadcast each Monday on CRC-fm at 5.30pm GMT. Q: I am going for a job in a progressive company but, to be honest, it’s not really the job I […]