How to show job change is for real
Q: In my last interview, I really struggled to persuade the panel that I want to leave my current job. Yes, it’s a good job, and pays very well, but it doesn’t fulfil me. Been there, done that. I’m prepared to take a step back moneywise to start on a new road – but the […]
Need for speed put me off track
Q: I am a HR professional and in the interview, they asked me a health and safety scenario. “What would you do if the pressure was really on to get workers on site and you had a lot of inductions in a short space of time?” I started talking about speed but they wanted to […]
Putting yourself in the frame for future opportunities
Q: I went for a job in my own company recently and, to be honest, I didn’t really expect to get it. However, I got called to the second interview and got good feedback from my immediate manager. She said I had done well. The experience has made me itchy for a change as I […]
A time to say nothing
Q: I’m taking a lot of time off work lately to attend job interviews, and I fear my boss might figure out I’m thinking of moving on. I haven’t told any brazen lies – no phantom dead grandmother stories – but I have mentioned family occasions and hospital trips to justify the days off. Should […]
Shaking off interview nerves
Q: I tend to twitch a lot with my hands in an interview. Any tips for preventing this from happening? (GF, email). A: It is inevitable that you will experience nerves before and during an interview. You are stepping outside your comfort zone. Even the most skilled communicators can experience nerves – in fact, many […]
Dress code has me flummoxed
Q: I have an interview for a well-known IT social media giant, but I’m not sure how to dress for the interview? I know the office environment is casual. What’s appropriate? (DR, email). A: This is a very interesting question. As we know, many people working in the IT/social media sectors don’t go with the […]
All the way from Lugo, Spain…our new Erasmus Entrepreneurship programme participant
This week, we welcome Elio Laureano, to our Ballinrobe office where he will spend the next few months as a participant on the Erasmus Young Entrepreneurship programme. Elio will follow in the footsteps of previous participants – Isabel Alvarez Seron (Spain), Vasjan Broka (Albania), Paula Ballester Murat (Spain), Amelia Barberá Guillamón (Spain), Sinisa Bjedov (Croatia) […]
Newly qualified teachers, get that job – free interview training
Useful tips for job interviews in our FREE interview training webinar on Thursday, July 25, at 12noon (Irish time). 45 minutes duration. Join HERE
In the heel of the hunt, convince them
Q: I have been headhunted for a position. It came completely out of the blue. I wasn’t that keen on it when they first approached me and was even a bit resentful that they managed to destabilise me in my current position. That said, it’s a very good job and it’s beginning to grow on […]
They’re your moves – claim them
Q: In my last interview, the interviewer rattled me by asking in a very unimpressed tone if I was a job hopper. He pointed to an eight-year period in my 20s when I had four different jobs. However, I look on that that as a very productive time in my career when I learned loads […]