Garda applications close tonight at 12 – but it will only take you a few minutes
Today, Thursday, January 9th, at the witching hour of 12 midnight, applications close for An Garda Siochána. You can apply HERE Don’t panic, you’ve still got enough time. It’s a very simple process right now – it will take you about five minutes. You will need your PPS number for this stage of the application […]
Castlebar Community Radio
By Liam Horan, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Liam Horan talks to Tommy Morahan from Castlebar Community Radio. Liam Horan is Managing Director of Sli Nua Careers Ltd. You can read more blogs from Sli Nua Careers coaches HERE, and make a booking for CV Preparation and Interview Training.
Shining a new light on your core skills, our weekly column from various Irish newspapers
Q: I read everywhere that you need to know your strengths, and that only through knowing them can a candidate highlight them in their CV. It sounds grand and dandy: but I just can’t find the language to express mine. I ran my own business for 20 years. It was very successful and even limped […]
Low-key meeting could still open the door, our weekly column from various Irish newspapers
Q: I couldn’t make the job interviews on the day they were convened. The company have kindly agreed to meet me on another date next week. However, instead of meeting the interview panel of three people, I will meet just one of them, and, from what I gather, he is the least important of the […]
Plan your successful career change in the new year
By Liam Horan, Sli Nua Careers When you resolve to change careers – as opposed to change jobs – you can feel a great surge of excitement. The realisation that you actually can change careers can be a huge liberation – “I don’t have to keep doing this for the rest of my days, wow.” […]
Making light of remote locations
Location can have such a powerful impact on careers. If the job requires you to be in a certain place, at a certain time, to do certain tasks, then the fact that you live 70 miles away, and need to drop off the children at school each morning, can so easily rule you out. But […]
Opportunity here – qualified Paramedic needed to help student with assignments
Slightly unusual request this one.We have a client who is studying to be a Paramedic, and they need some mentoring with two assignments. So we are looking for someone with a third-level Paramedic qualification who may be able to help out. If you can help, or know someone else who can, please email admin. Fee […]
Learning the lessons from the interview experience, our weekly column from various newspapers around Ireland
So, you did the interview, and got the verdict from the interview panel, either a Yes or a No. But how did you perform? How did you actually perform? Just because you didn’t get the job doesn’t mean you did a bad interview – there could simply have been a better candidate. Or someone who […]
Ten questions all job-seekers should ask themselves, our weekly column from various Irish newspapers
[checklist] Do you have a good quality CV that summarises and highlights your skills in an effective way? Do you tweak/amend your CV every time you send it out so that it speaks to the employer in question? Do you have a neat and professional Cover Letter that you tweak so that it addresses the […]
Are you a career generalist? Our weekly column from various newspapers around Ireland
The generalist can suffer when they arrive at a career crossroads. “Oh,” they say, “I don’t know what I am.” At times like that, they wish they had a title, a badge, a category: a carpenter, a teacher, or an astronaut. Or something defined. The generalist can struggle to see their strengths. “I’m a bit […]