Career Corner @CRC1029fm June 29th 2015 – Create a LinkedIn Profile
Career Corner – Would a LinkedIn profile help the job seeker? Today, Mark speaks about the advantages of having an up-to-date LinkedIn profile for today’s jobseeker. Mark McDonald, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Ltd, talks to Aidan Crowley of Community Radio Castlebar – a series of career tips interviews that will be broadcast each Monday […]
Expect the unexpected in job interviews
By Deirdre May, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers (Limerick) Thanks to RG, who emailed us this tale from the interview front: This is not so much a question as a story that might be of value to your readers. I was called for a second interview. I knew I had done really well in the […]
Striking the right tone in a CV
By Mary O’Brien, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers (Claremorris) Q: I’ve been here two weeks writing my CV. Starting, stopping, going away, getting a second opinion, restarting, and getting more opinions, and now I feel like I’m almost back to where I started. My problem is I can’t find what I would deem to an […]
How best to approach the 30, 60, 90 days interview question
By Mark McDonald, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers (Dublin North) A number of clients I have worked with in recent months have told me about one particular type of interview question they have been asked. It’s a question seeking the candidate’s views on what they will be doing during the first number of months in […]
What would you do if you got the job? Listen to Career Corner – May 25th 2015
Career Corner Mark McDonald, Career Coach, 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. Topic: “I recently attended for an interview and felt I had prepared well in advance. However, one particular question […]
Linking in and getting out – without the boss noticing
By Liam Horan, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers (Ballinrobe) Q: I’m skulking in here with this question. Despite what I say below, my initials aren’t even DG. But you’d never know who might be watching. My question is: how do I start using LinkedIn to get a new job – without my current boss finding […]
500 metre exclusion zone will keep you tuned in
By Mark McDonald, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers (Dublin North) Make sure you give everyone the right impression of you before, during and after interview. Securing the dream job is a tough competitive process from start to finish. Don’t arrive at a situation where your application, CV and cover letter, and your interview performance has […]
Knowing the STAR method can lead to stellar interviews
By Liam Horan, Career Coach & Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Competency-based interviews are becoming more commonplace. They invite the candidate to talk about previous experiences – essentially, to tell stories – from their past and the employers hopes these will act as a reliable guide as to how they will perform in the future. […]
Write a better CV – listen to radio interview with Mark McDonald on @925PhoenixFM #jobfairydublin
April 2015: Interview with Mark Mc Donald, Career Coach with Sli Nua Careers on Phoenix FM’s D15 Today show prior to giving a recent CV presentation at Blanchardstown Library. Susan Lovatt also form Blanchardstown Library explains how this is the first of a number of job seeker information events which the library will be hosting […]
Parents – complete our short survey and get CV and Cover Letter templates to help your child gain summer work #careers #jobfairy
I am currently seeking a position on the New Frontiers High Potential Start-up programme in conjunction with Enterprise Ireland and Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology. My new business idea involves providing a possible career guidance solution for second-level students. I am conducting some market research, and would be grateful if you could complete a questionnaire designed […]