LinkedIn plays major role in modern-day job-hunting
Over 175 million professionals use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas and opportunities. Ten years ago, the main sources of hunting for potential employees were jobsites and newspapers, but LinkedIn is changing the face of job-seeking. Most HR departments, all agencies and more and more employers use LinkedIn in their hunt to source potential employees. Here […]
Career Column
Q: I did a job interview last week. Two of the interview panel were fine, but one of them was downright rude. If he wasn’t looking out the window, he was tapping his biro on the desk. I’m pretty sure I caught him suppressing a yawn at some stage. I nearly asked him if he […]
Career Column
Q: I submitted an application for a position three weeks ago, and have heard nothing back yet. The closing date was two weeks ago. Should I get onto them to see what is happening. Maybe I have just been discarded? It was a marketing job with a hotel chain. (ED, email) A: Every case […]
Seven job-searching tips that might make the difference
Be active. It never fails to surprise us the amount of people who are simply not doing enough on the job-searching front. We are not advocating wild and unfocused activity, but, yes, we do feel you should be doing something every day to advance your campaign to get a job. [checklist] Treat it like a […]
Focus on the past will bring future competency-based success
Q: I have been called for a competency-based interview – and I haven’t a clue what that is. How might I prepare for this? (DH, email). A: I suspect from your email that the employers haven’t sent you an outline of how they will run the interview – sometimes such a spec sheet accompanies the […]
Learning the ropes for job interviews
Job interviews are not unlike boxing matches: you can have all the plans and strategies you want, all the shapes and all the moves, the slides to the side and the dummies, but you have to remember that there is somebody else in the ring too. “I was doing grand,” moaned the vanquished pugilist, “until […]
Brief Encounters of the Quick Fire Hiring Kind
One of the latest techniques to hit the job market is the speed interview. Much like speed-dating, they allow employers to screen a large number of candidates quickly. If the interview is successful, candidates are usually offered the option of attending a more traditional full-length interview. Unsurprisingly, speed interviews are becoming increasingly popular with employers who are […]
Turbo-boost your job-searching campaign
Q: My son is 23, he has a good degree, but he has never had a proper job. He has applied for a few things, but I think he is not doing enough really. He just seems to sit around all day playing games and watching television. I have stopped trying to cajole him because […]
Spreading the job-searching net wide
Q: I’m looking for a job for the first time in 15 years, and, to be perfectly honest, I am finding it intimidating. Where do I start? Last time I was looking for a job, it was just a matter of keeping an eye on the papers. Nowadays there are so many different ways. Can […]