Category: Job-searching Resources

Find that job!

Pic source www.pixabay.com Find that job By Sabina Trench, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Everyone is talking about all the jobs ‘out there’ but ‘where are they?’ asks Sabina Trench, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers. Think local first It costs a lot of money to advertise on the national websites, so some companies just advertise locally. […]

Graduates, it’s time to get organised

Pic source www.pixabay.com Graduates By Sabina Trench, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers As you approach the end of your college studies, your focus will naturally be on the final exams,. But if you are planning on applying for graduate placements, you need to get organised, writes SABINA TRENCH, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers. You are in […]

Five tips to make your LinkedIn profile work for you

Linkedin Profile By Ashley Cahillane, Linkedin Expert, Sli Nua Careers The Christmas holidays are fast approaching and when we are finished with the over spending and over eating that Christmas brings, our thoughts will start to focus on how we can change or improve our current situations.  New Year resolution lists will be scribbled down […]

Business card for teacher subbing – good or bad idea?

Pic source www.pixabay.com by Liam Horan, Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Q: I am a teacher looking for subbing work. I was thinking about printing a business card to hand out when I go to schools. I thought it might help me to stand out. What do you think? Thanks (DR, email). DEIRDRE MAY, LIMERICK: […]

Cover letter – should we use it or lose it?

by Liam Horan, Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Q:  I am applying for a job. I’ve done up my CV. Do I really need to put a cover letter in with it? And, if I do, what tips have you got? (DC, email). A: We asked three of our career coaches to give their thoughts […]

Get the most from a career fair

By Deirdre May, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Q: I am attending a career fair next week and really want to know the best way to prepare as this is my first one.  I want to be get the most out of it if that I can. I have heard horror stories of people going along […]

How to handle difficult questions about previous employment

By Liam Horan, Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Q: I am aware that I should not say anything negative about a former employer in a job interview. However, I quit my last job because of disagreements with my boss over certain issues with how things were done within the company. He agreed he was partly […]

Redundancy looming – jump ship or sit tight?

By Liam Horan, Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers  Q. I have recently been told I’m going to be made redundant form my job in six months’ time. However, a job has become available in another company close to where I live but the catch is that it has a significantly lower salary. Do I go for […]

Five ways you can turbo-boost your job search in 2016

By Liam Horan, Career Coach & Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers For many people, New Year means new career. That can be a little shift to the left or right, or a 180 degree pivot into something completely different. Whichever one you are contemplating, there are certain rules to be observed, as outlined here by […]