Aptitude tests – wing it and see? Absolutely not

Aptitude Tests by Sabina Trench, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers You have moved to the next stage of the recruitment process; the aptitude test. You’ve never done one before, so do you wing it and hope for the best? Absolutely not, writes SABINA TRENCH, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers. Aptitude tests are often used in […]

Today FM job-seeker promotion #careers #jobs #jobfairy

Listen to Mark McDonald and Chris Malendewicz HERE – interview on Today FM on Sunday, May 24, 2015. More details below.   “Mark McDonald of Sli Nua Careers offered a service that was second to none in my opinion. I have never come across someone who is so totally dedicated to what they do and […]

Cruise ships can be a career change for hospitality workers

By Shane Halligan, Sli Nua Careers Cruise ships only employ the best of hospitality workers – and it can be a clever career move for people who are serious about developing their skills. In this interview, Elaine Blood of specialist cruise ship recruiters Ambassador Recruitment talks about the kind of hospitality jobs available in the […]

Statement of interest can be a trump card

By Mary O’Brien-Killeen, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Q: Yesterday I attended for interview for a marketing role and felt I did well. I’m a new graduate and it was my first job interview. This morning, I got an email from the employer thanking me for coming along. She asked me to email her back confirming […]

Let’s have more ‘I’, please

By Patricia Maloney, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers It’s more ‘I’ than ‘we’: this is a point I find myself making to interview training clients on a regular basis. “We put a very good system in place,” they say. Or “we achieved record sales”. In job interviews, it’s important to keep the ‘I’ in there. […]

The baby steps to start controlling your career

Last week, you may recall, we had an email from DR. He wrote: “I’ve been doing the same job for the past 25 years – retail sales. I was reared in it and about 15 years ago I inherited the family shop. It’s all I know, and, to be honest, I am very happy doing […]

Career Corner with Liam Horan @CRC1029fm August 18th 2014

Liam Horan, 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 issues: QUESTION Q: I couldn’t make the job interviews on the day they were convened. The […]

Baby steps to help you through career fog

Q: I’ve been doing the same job for the past 25 years – retail sales. I was reared in it and about 15 years ago I inherited the family shop. It’s all I know, and, to be honest, I am very happy doing it. But it’s fairly obvious my business is going downhill in these […]