15 Steps to Building a Winning CV by Liam Horan
It’s you they want to hire – not a PowerPoint [Presentation training]
Interview Training : Q: I’ve to do a ten-minute presentation at a job interview in two weeks’ time – ‘how will you improve this company over the next three years?’ The problem is it’s my own job I’m doing it for. Well, not quite, but I’ve been acting in the position since my boss got […]
Parachute can help you jump – Career Change
Q: I’m looking at a career change. I’ve been in retail for 25 years and I’ve enough of it. I’m just going the motions. Now, knowing me, this change won’t be a turn-on-a-sixpence job. I tend to make big decisions with all the pace of a glacier. Is there any book you’d recommend at this […]
Straight talk may have rescued epic job interview fail
Q: I went to a job interview last week. Early on, it was fairly obvious I wasn’t the right person for the job. Although I have experience in the sector (hospitality), I haven’t the business management experience they needed. Initially, I persevered and tried to answer their questions and almost bluff my way through it. […]
Three typical post-interview reactions
In an interview, anything can happen. Like the path of true love, it can take wholly unexpected turns. A well-prepared candidate reacts accordingly. Here John Moloney, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers, elaborates on three common post-interview reactions from candidates. “The interview was very short – it felt like they were just going through the […]
Welcome to my blog
I blog on a range of topics that can be bracketed under: Motivation Leadership Personal / Professional Development Business I hope you find my writing interesting. If your goal is to take that jump to the next level, I am here to help you. Please note, my first language is Spanish, so if my English […]
Application forms: Where to start?
Q: I am going for a promotion in my job – it’s a public service position, Along with all my job details (i.e. dates worked, positions and responsibilities), there are another 12 sections in the application form where I’ve got to elaborate on what I learned, my greatest strengths, specialist knowledge, examples of self-development, where […]
A picture told a thousand stories
By Ashley Cahillane, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Q: I haven’t a question, as such, just a piece of advice or insight from a recent experience. I’ve read this column previously talking about the value of a portfolio and showing people what you can do, rather than just telling them. I never took much notice […]
Seven tips for getting the best out of work placement
By Liam Horan, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers At Sli Nua Careers, we host quite a few people of various ages on work placement – 40-somethings on back-to-work courses, young adults in college, Erasmus Young Entrepreneurship Programme participants, and Transition Year (TY) teenagers. It is always interesting to see how different people approach these placements, […]
Out with the old, in with the new
By Siobhan O’Malley, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Now that we are well and truly over Christmas and have ditched those unrealistic New Year’s resolutions, let’s talk about…New Year’s resolutions. After last week’s column, I started thinking about what changes you might commit to making in your working life in 2018 to put you in […]