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 […]
Be the word that comes out of the right mouth
Q: I’m told that most jobs don’t get advertised at all. That sounds so unfair to me. I’m 52 years of age, born and bred in the UK, and I moved to Ireland with my husband four years ago. We didn’t really know many people here but wanted a change of lifestyle from London. It […]
A simple, but effective, thing
Sometimes we need a break from the online world. Hats off to Claremorris Family Resource Centre, Claremorris, Co. Mayo, for their excellent Jobs Noticeboard. It’s updated twice a week and the group we are working with here today have commented on how useful it is to be able to drop in to see jobs at one […]
Final training day for Claremorris Job Ready programme
Today is the third and final day of our Career Development training programme at Claremorris Family Resource Centre. The participants are taking part in a Hospitality and Bar Skills programme and we were delighted to help them with new CVs and Cover Letters, Interview Skills, and Job-searching & Networking Strategies. Today’s day-long session with focus […]
To Word or not to Word, that is the question
Q: How should I submit my CV by email – .pdf or Word document? I’ve heard some stories about employers not being able to open various formats that I’m afraid my CV is making its way, unopened and unloved, to the PC wastebasket. What are your suggestions (LC, email)? A: Career Directors International, the trade […]
Building on favourable impression for future success
Q: I recently went for a job with a company, but I didn’t get it. However, they made a point of ringing me to say I had made a very favourable impression. “This particular job wasn’t the right fit for you,” the owner told me on the phone, “but we’d be very interested in talking […]
LinkedIn tips: tips to optimise your summary
The LinkedIn summary section can be somewhat of a daunting obstacle for its users – especially for those looking to utilise the platform as a job searching tool. Perhaps the most subjective element of the profile structure, when its effectiveness is optimised the user sparks enough interest in the reader to contemplate whether the services […]
Your actions will help you graduate to next level
Around about now, thousands of students are bursting onto the jobs market. The jobs market can seem a daunting place at the moment. This generation of students have known only negative economic commentary and conditions since their Leaving Cert. days, and many are deflated by it all. But being deflated is not a viable action […]
Tips on networking
It has been proven over and over again that word-of-mouth and referrals are two powerful methods of getting jobs. They get you in the door for a day or two first, and it can build from there. They alert you to what we will term the hidden jobs market – the jobs that don’t get […]
Free Luncthime Webinar: Job-searching strategies for the modern world
SLI NUA CAREERS LUNCHTIME WEBINAR: Job-searching strategies for the modern world DATE: Wednesday, June 4, 2014 TIME: 1pm, GMT DURATION: 45 minutes PRESENTERS: Claire Shaughnessy MORE HERE & Liam Horan MORE HERE – go to Ballinrobe Coaches tab and scroll down the page COST: Free (this is the last time it will be free – will be […]