Author: Liam

IT Competency Inventory

Please fill our IT Competency Inventory HERE After you have completed it, we will return it to you with suggestions on how you can improve certain competencies.

A simple, but effective, thing

Sometimes we need a break from the online world. Hats off to Claremorris Family Resource Centre, Claremorris, Co. Mayo, for their excellent Jobs Noticeboard. It’s updated twice a week and the group we are working with here today have commented on how useful it is to be able to drop in to see jobs at one […]

Final training day for Claremorris Job Ready programme

Today is the third and final day of our Career Development training programme at Claremorris Family Resource Centre. The participants are taking part in a Hospitality and Bar Skills programme and we were delighted to help them with new CVs and Cover Letters, Interview Skills, and Job-searching & Networking Strategies. Today’s day-long session with focus […]

To Word or not to Word, that is the question

Q: How should I submit my CV by email – .pdf or Word document? I’ve heard some stories about employers not being able to open various formats that I’m afraid my CV  is making its way, unopened and unloved, to the PC wastebasket. What are your suggestions (LC, email)? A: Career Directors International, the trade […]

Building on favourable impression for future success

Q: I recently went for a job with a company, but I didn’t get it. However, they made a point of ringing me to say I had made a very favourable impression. “This particular job wasn’t the right fit for you,” the owner told me on the phone, “but we’d be very interested in talking […]

Career Corner with Liam Horan @CRC1029fm June 30th 2014

Liam Horan, Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Ltd, talks to Aidan Crowley of Community Radio Castlebar –  a series of career tips interviews that will be broadcast each Monday on CRC-fm at 5.30pm GMT. This week: Here we deal with these two issues: QUESTION Q: I’ve just been called for a second interview for a […]