Panel’s one-dimensional view hampered my chances
Q: I went for a job interview last week and felt the interview panel were unable or unwilling to see more in me than people management. The job required knowledge and experience of branding, public relations, project management and engagement with local authorities, government agencies and other public bodies. I’ve done all of that to […]
Knowing what they would like you to know
Q: I’m going for an interview next week. A friend who went for one there before said they asked her lots of questions about the company to check if she was fully familiar with what they do. It’s a marketing job in the hospitality sector and I’m just wondering what kind of questions they might […]
Award-winning artist to exhibit in Sli Nua Careers building
Genevieve King is an award-winning artist based in Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo, and she will host an exhibition in the Sli Nua Careers building as part of GlebeFest, Glebe Street, Ballinrobe, on Saturday, July 6. She attended the National College of Art, studying at degree and masters levels. She has taught art to second- and third-level […]
Play the game to advance your career
Q: I play sport at a high level for a high-profile team. It requires huge commitment and, if I’m being honest, an odd evening when I need to leave work early to get to training or matches. I’m about to graduate with a masters and I am afraid my sports will go against me as […]
Go hard and make it pay
Q: Two jobs have come up in the same company. I’m very attracted to one of them and think I could land it and do a good job in it; the other one is not quite as interesting for me, but I could do it at a stretch. I’d probably get bored in it fairly […]
Get the best out of the candidate
I was interested in the collaborative interview style you recommended last week. Could you give me some more details on how this might play out? How might I, as an interviewer, conduct this kind of interview? My business is a tourism one and I am about to interview for a marketing manager to lead a […]
Take the pressure off and find the right candidate
A recruiter recently asked me which type of interview should be conducted to get the best out of candidates. My answer was that I wouldn’t slavishly follow any one style, but that I believe all interviews would ideally include a strong collaborative dimension. There are a number of definitions of the collaborative interview, and, by […]
Cutting through the verbiage of wordy job specs
Inspired/deflated by one particularly wordy job specification I recently had to prise open with a crowbar for a client, I posted the following on LinkedIn: “Is it just me, or have job specs gone completely doolally lately? It seems like they are getting longer and longer and longer and longer by the minute, and the […]
How to get to the heart of job spec
Q: The job spec goes on for miles – 840 words and 22 bullet points. I don’t even know where to start. A lot of it is waffle in my opinion but I have read what you have written consistently about meeting the job spec with your CV. In this case they’re looking for a […]
Deep research pays dividends in job interviews
Q: This is sort of an ‘asking for a friend’ question, if you know what I mean. Of all the things people do poorly when preparing – or failing to prepare – for interviews, which, in your experience, is the most grievous? Is there one that you encounter repeatedly? (DF, email). A: I might give […]