How past mistakes can have future value in job interviews
By Liam Horan, Sli Nua Careers Q: I am going for a job interview with a well-known company next week. A friend of mine works there already and he says there is one question that the manager always asks in interviews: “Tell me about a time when you made a right mess of something in […]
Three views on making a meddling manager redundant in the interview process
By Liam Horan, Sli Nua Careers Q: I am going for a middle management interview with the group business development manager. We don’t really get on, mainly because I disagree with how he goes about his business – to be blunt about it, he’d sell his granny. I want the job, but am not sure […]
Ideas for change can help your case
By Liam Horan, Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Q: At a job interview last week, I was going grand until I got thrown by this question: tell me one thing you would change about your current job? I didn’t know what to say. I am happy enough in my current job – I’m only moving […]
How the next step can lead to the right step
By Liam Horan, Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Q: I am going for a job in a progressive company but, to be honest, it’s not really the job I want. It is a step down the ladder from where I would like to be in the same company and I can’t deny that I will […]
Going the extra, extra mile in job-searching
By Liam Horan, Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Q: I have been trying to get a job for the last 19 months. And, yes I have really tried: I mean, really, really tried. I have fine tuned my CV. I have gone to networking meetings. I have told friends and all sorts of random acquaintances that […]
The little bit that can go a long way for you
By Liam Horan, Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Q: Virtually every interview I attend, the first question is ‘can you tell us about yourself”? I never know what to say. I could go off in a thousand different directions. Any advice? (LD, email). A: We put this question to four of our career coaches, LD, and […]
How to make the best of a bad job
By Liam Horan, Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Q: I worked in my last place of employment for four years, but the final year was hell, and we parted on poor terms. I suspect that potential employers will want to hear from the manager there, but that would be the death knell for my chances […]
Show the interview panel the real you
by Stephanie MacKinnon, Career Coach In life I am often struck by the single-mindedness of people in pursuit of a goal. The inter-county footballer who trains twice a day, interspersing skills, speed and agility training with strength and flexibility yoga classes, all the time attending to his nutrition and mental readiness, writes Siobhan O’Malley, Career […]
College graduates – what is your LinkedIn profile saying about you?
By Ashley Cahillane, LinkedIn Expert, Sli Nua Careers Examples of fleshing out a LinkedIn profile for College Students and Graduates College students and recent graduates regularly ask about the best means of utilising LinkedIn to navigate their way through the jobs arena. Populating your profile with compelling content can task users with a testing challenge, […]
How to swing an interview your way with the parting question
By Deirdre May, Career Coach Final question can be a trump card Q: I always struggle with the question at the end of the interview. I usually mumble that “everything is covered, thank you”. What fallback questions should I have at the ready? A: We put this question to three of our career coaches to […]