Today’s lessons can make you a future hit
Q: Today I did my first interview for a job in about ten years – and the interview was much more gruelling than I had anticipated. There were four of them in it, and they came at me from all angles. It felt like they had rehearsed some of it to see if they could […]
Have a go, you might grow on them. Our weekly column from various Irish newspapers
Q: The job spec for a position I am interested in says three years’ professional experience required. Technically speaking, I don’t have any professional experience. But I have done a great deal of similar work (ground keeping) on a voluntary basis for my sports club. I’ve been at it for 20 years or more. I […]
Claire Shaughnessy
Claire Shaughnessy held the role of Project Manager at WIN (West of Ireland Networking) and is a non-practising Solicitor admitted to the roll in Ireland, England and Wales. During her time at WIN Claire successfully developed, drafted, oversaw and implemented a number of projects, programmes and events including The WIN Mentoring Programme; The WIN Buddy […]
Thank you letter after unsuccessful interview
If you’ve been unsuccessful in the interview, you might wish to send a ‘thank you for the opportunity’ note HERE
Thank you letters – interview just over
You’ve recently done the interview. You appreciate the opportunity you’ve been given to compete for the role. Download our Thank You letters that you might send in this scenario HERE
Cover Letter etiquette
If you begin a letter with Dear Sir/Madam, or To whom it may concern, then it should be signed off with Yours faithfully. Everything else i.e Dear Alan, or Dear Mr Jones, should be signed off with Yours sincerely.
Interview Preparation Workbook
You have two choices of Interview Workbook to choose from. We first devised these workbooks in 2013 and update them on an ongoing basis to ensure they reflect the latest trends and thinking. 1: If you have been told you will be doing a competency-based or structured Interview, or if you have completed a […]
Making sense of your mixum-gatherum career, our weekly column from various newspapers around Ireland
Q: You’ve written on a number of occasions about portfolio careers. I think I may fall into that category. I work as an office manager for a medium-sized manufacturing firm three days a week, and the other two days I divide my time between playing in a band and doing some graphic design on a […]
Self-campaign your way to dream job, our weekly column from various Irish newspapers
Job-searching is the new frontier, I believe. Think of six graduates coming out of college with the same qualification, more or less, give or take a grade here and there. They all have CVs of broadly similar quality. See all six on the starting-line, waiting for the gun, and then the race begins to see […]
Career fog can be cleared
Q: I’m been working in the same place for 23 years and now I want a change. The problem is that I haven’t applied for a job, let alone created a CV, since the day I came in here. This whole area is alien to me – can you give any pointers to help me […]