Fail to prepare, prepare to fail
By Mary O’Brien-Killeen, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers (Claremorris) How important is preparation? ‘If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend six sharpening my axe’ (Abraham Lincoln) Preparation demonstrates to the interviewer that you have done your homework and that you have drive and ambition. Good preparation portrays a very good […]
Statement of interest can be a trump card
By Mary O’Brien-Killeen, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Q: Yesterday I attended for interview for a marketing role and felt I did well. I’m a new graduate and it was my first job interview. This morning, I got an email from the employer thanking me for coming along. She asked me to email her back confirming […]
Career Corner @CRC1029fm October 20th 2014 why it is crucial to do research on a company before the interview
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. Topic: Q: I have heard you talk before about doing research on a company before going to interview. Could you go into […]
Interview Training Seminar
By Shane Halligan, Sli Nua Careers Interview training seminar aims to give job-seekers the interview edge. Job seekers and career changers will be given the opportunity to sharpen their interview skills, thanks to a forthcoming evening seminar hosted by Sli Nua Careers, one of the country’s leading career training companies. “Feel the fear, and sail […]
Mark Mc Donald on NearFM career slot today
Career Coach Mark Mc Donald from the Sli Nua Dublin North Office talks to Pat Meehan on NearFM about the challenges people face in today’s jobs market. Mark also talks about the type of services offered by Sli Nua Careers.
Mark McDonald on @NEARfm career slot today
Dublin radio station NEAR FM have a career slot on their mid-morning show at 11.30 today (Thursday, October 16th, 2014), and our Dublin North career coach Mark McDonald will be a guest. You can tune into the slot HERE and we will be making the MP3 recording available on our site later. Mark will talk […]
Overcoming nerves to succeed in job interviews
By Patricia Maloney, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers (Galway) A peculiarity I have noticed when coaching clients for job interviews is that the more able people are often the most nervous. It’s as if they know that they have to do very well in the interview to get the job or to get called back […]
Mark McDonald on Phoenix FM, Friday, October 10th
Mark McDonald, Sli Nua Careers, Dublin North, will appear on 92.5 Phoenix FM this Friday (October 10th) to answer career questions from listeners. It starts at 11am. This follows an appearance by Mark on the same station a fortnight ago, after which the station received a number of queries from listeners anxious to resolve some career […]
Is it down to luck or hard work?
By Patricia Maloney, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers, Galway I spoke to somebody recently who had just been offered a job following a two-stage interview process. This person felt that he was lucky to be offered the job based on what he knew to be the level of competition for that particular vacancy. I don’t […]
Mark Mc Donald on Phoenix FM’s D15 Today
Mark Mc Donald from Sli Nua Careers Dublin North Office talks to Dave and Dan on Phoenix FM’s D15 Today show and offers some tips on how you can succeed in getting the job you want. Mark McDonald is a Career Coach with Sli Nua Careers and works out of Dublin North. You can read more […]