Audio: questions a primary school teacher might be asked
A great deal of our experience and expertise lies in working with primary and secondary school teachers, deputy principals and principals. In these two audios below, Liam Horan of Sli Nua Careers talks about questions teachers might be asked in job interviews, and looks at information they should be transmitting in their answers. As always, […]
Audio: Three key pointers when going for promotion in your own school
You’re going for a job in your own school – perhaps hoping to step up from teacher to deputy principal, or from deputy principal to principal. The fact it’s your own school can complicate matters a little. In the audio below, Liam Horan, MD, Sli Nua Careers Ltd, talks about three crucial points you must bear in […]
Getting cover during career change
Q: I want to apply for a job I’ve seen advertised – but I don’t want to show my face yet. My company have a connection with the company advertising the job, and I’m afraid word would get back. Is it off limits, or are there other ways around it? (DD, email) A: Your caution […]
Managing LinkedIn for college graduates
By Ashley Cahillane, LinkedIn specialist For college graduates, LinkedIn can be an overwhelming medium to negotiate. A brief browse of the site will reveals many accomplished individuals and this can lead to graduates questioning their own credentials. However, it’s important to remember that, as a graduate, you’re not expected to have the most decorated of profiles […]
Career Corner with Liam Horan @CRC1029fm July 14th 2014
Liam Horan, Managing Director, 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 two issues: QUESTION Q: I’ve worked in one sector – teaching – for the […]
Early impact is crucial in CVs
Never underestimate how important it is to catch the employer’s attention early in your CV. You must treat it as if the employer will not read anymore than 40 words before moving onto the next applicant. Therefore it is essential that the first 40 words that they read about you are relevant to the job at hand.
A top tonsorial artist in action. Hats off, we say.
This particular blog is not dealing strictly with career stuff – but, in a roundabout way, it should have some resonance. As people who established a business during Ireland’s economic downturn, we are always interested to spot other developments in what we will call – with a worrying level of business cliche – the SME […]
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 […]
Technical queries put me down
Q: I went to an interview recently and going grand with all the general questions – my attitude, my ambitions, and all of that stuff. But then one of the panel, who had been silent until then, swung into action. He fired five technical questions at me. All five landed like crunching blows to the […]
Media skills can transfer to other roles, our weekly column from various Irish newspapers
Q: All of my working life, I have been employed in ‘the media game’ – print journalism, broadcasting and online writing. For the past seven years, I have been in a staff job, but it’s clear the business isn’t going well. Everyone else is talking about moving onto another job within the industry, but I […]