VIDEO: “You’ve got to speak for yourself” – job interview tips with Liam Horan
By Liam Horan, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers In this video, first broadcast on Facebook Live, June 2017, Liam Horan, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers, talks about how interview training can dramatically improve your interview performance. You’ve got to speak for yourself – you’ve got to take on the responsibility of telling the interview panel […]
8 tips for Garda recruitment interview
Pic source www.pixabay.com Garda recruitment By Liam Horan, Career Coach & Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Are you looking to carve out a career for yourself in An Garda Síochána? If you are, you’re one of thousands; so, as the boys’ scouts say, you have to ‘be prepared’ or ‘bi ullamh’. An Garda Síochána The […]
LISTEN: Report says older people are suffering in job chase – Liam Horan discusses the topic on KFM Radio
Pic source www.pixabay.com By Liam Horan, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers A new report claims that older people are taking dramatic steps to improve their job-searching chances. But what is all really about? Liam Horan discusses this topic on KFM Radio. If you would like to make a booking with any of our career coaches, see HERE for CV […]
How interview bluff proved costly in the long run
Pic source www.pixabay.com Interview Bluff By Liam Horan, Career Coach & Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Q: I made a mistake. I know I did. And as I was making it, I knew it was a mistake. They asked me if I knew anything about Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software, specifically the MailChimp package. […]
Handling ‘illegal’ interview questions with aplomb
Pic source www.pixabay.com Illegal questions By Sabina Trench, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers While the days of politically incorrect interview questions may largely be a thing of the past, don’t be surprised if they come up in an interview. While they may not be intentional, they could throw you, writes Sabina Trench, Career Coach, Sli Nua […]
Six tips for a better job interview
Pic source www.pixabay.com Interview tips By Vasjan Broka, Sli Nua Careers Job interviews can be very challenging for many people – here are some interview tips to help you do better from Vasjan Broka, an Albanian Career Coach currently partnering with Sli Nua Careers here in Ireland under the European Union Erasmus Young Entrepreneurship programme. Show […]
How to master the telephone or Skype interview
Pic source www.pixabay.com Skype Interview By Sabina Trench, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers When time is a factor for employers, many use phone or Skype interviews as a means of sifting through the candidates, before inviting a chosen few to a personal interview. This requires a little more preparation on your part, but with the […]
How researching the company can pay dividends
Pic source www.pixabay.com Researching the company By Liam Horan, Career Coach & Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers When going for interview, you need to know the company inside out. Knowledge is king – armed with the right knowledge, you dramatically increase your chances of carrying out a surgical strike on the company, writes LIAM HORAN, Career […]
Interview panel, heads up: use it or lose it
Pic source www.pixabay.com interview panel By Sabina Trench, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Sometimes when you are called for interview, you will be given the names of the interview panel. This is very common in the public sector, but also happens in the private sector from time to time. But, what should you do with this […]
Interview questions – turning negatives into positives
Pic source www.pixabay.com interview questions By Sabina Trench, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers While interviews can include a predictable set of questions, there are often those curve balls that will cause you to sweat a little under the collar. With some advance preparation, you can turn those challenging interview questions into opportunities to prove why you […]