Tired of networking – here’s one to get you back on the rails

By Patricia Maloney, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers (Galway) If you have tired of networking – be it for job-seeking or business development purposes – here’s a novel approach to get you back on the rails.Galway Chamber and Iarnród Eireann have teamed up for a special Speed Networking Event on Thursday next, November 6th, 2014. […]

Voluntary work – worth the effort?

Q: Some time ago, I was invited to do some work that relates to my hobby. It involved short pieces work on an on-going basis, and one particularly intense bout that required me to take annual leave. So I’ve made a big commitment to this new role – and, to my surprise, I haven’t been […]

Job Seekers Opportunity Day in Ballinrobe, November 25th

There will be a free Job-seekers Information & Training Event at Tacú Family Resource Centre, Ballinrobe on Tuesday, November 25th. On the day there will be intensive aptitude testing training for the Irish jobs market. Sli Nua Careers will be present and we will be presenting a talk about how can effectively use social media […]

Do your research – there are no short-cuts to success

By Mary O’Brien, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers (Claremorris) A lot of us prepare for interviews in a similar manner i.e. we look at our CV and previous experience and begin the process of trying to match our skills to the requirements of the job in order to answer questions as effectively as possible. This […]

Starting over can bring fresh opportunities

By Mark McDonald, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Dublin North Retrain? It’s never too late. There has been a great deal of commentary across the media in recent months about what is now referred to as the skills gap currently existing in our economy. Various reports have highlighted the problems employers face when trying to […]

Spreading the net can work

By Sabina Trench, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Westport Networking gets a bad rap. The very term conjures up images of forced camaraderie in an atmosphere of air-kissing falsity that yields very little by way of value. And I’m sure much of it ends up being every bit as empty as I’ve described. But it […]

Let’s have more ‘I’, please

By Patricia Maloney, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers It’s more ‘I’ than ‘we’: this is a point I find myself making to interview training clients on a regular basis. “We put a very good system in place,” they say. Or “we achieved record sales”. In job interviews, it’s important to keep the ‘I’ in there. […]

Career Corner with Liam Horan July 28th 2014 offer would be teachers advice

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. QUESTION Q: For applicants seeking a primary school teaching job for the next academic year, what advice can you offer to improve […]