Good luck to our own star pupils!
Over the summer months, we were privileged to work with a large number of teachers and others in the education sphere. Without breaching confidentiality, I can reveal we worked with deputy principals going for principal positions, teachers going for deputy principal positions, teachers going for principal positions, teachers going for full-time jobs, teachers going for maternity […]
Audio: Three key pointers when going for promotion in your own school
You’re going for a job in your own school – perhaps hoping to step up from teacher to deputy principal, or from deputy principal to principal. The fact it’s your own school can complicate matters a little. In the audio below, Liam Horan, MD, Sli Nua Careers Ltd, talks about three crucial points you must bear in […]
How to show my creative side in my Curriculum Vitae
Q: When it comes to writing, I’m not exactly a straight-down-the-middle type of person. In school and college, technical essays scared me whereas I loved the ‘lá brea samhraidh a bhi ann…’ ones where I was required to dream up a madcap story that resulted in everyone living unhappily ever after. Maybe my fondness for […]
Company have asked me to “talk to myself”, our weekly column from various Irish newspapers
Q: Help! I’ve been called to a first-round interview – but it’s a video interview. I have to sit in front of my webcam, press the button, and start answering questions that will be served up as written text on my screen. I’d really like to work for this company, but I can’t get my […]
Community Radio Castlebar Interview: February 17th, 2014
Liam Horan, Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Ltd, talks to Aidan Crowley of Community Radio Castlebar – this is the second in a series of career tips interviews that will be broadcast each Monday on CRC-fm at 5.30pm GMT. This week: Liam talks about how you can use hobbies and community involvement on your CV, […]
Community Radio Castlebar Interview: February 10th, 2014
Liam Horan, Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Ltd, talks to Aidan Crowley of Community Radio Castlebar – this is the first in a series of career tips interviews that will be broadcast each Monday on CRC-fm at 5.30pm GMT. Community Radio Castlebar has a licence from the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland to provide a community […]
February 11th Column
Q. I have worked as a carpenter since I school. I am finding it difficult to get work and feel that I can’t do anything else. A. Although you have only worked in one field, remember you have developed and picked up various skills along the way. Termed ‘transferrable’ skills, these are skills you acquire […]
Making your work and life experience work for you
Q. I have worked in lots of different jobs in the past, and, in fact, I’m seeking for jobs in three different industries. How can I make my CV work for all three? – JB (email) A. Very simply, think like a marketer – think about your target market. The CV is a sales […]
Mock interviews stand to you in the long run
Are you a person who seems to be called for interviews a lot but never have success? Or have you never had an ‘official’ interview in your life, and are now faced with the prospect of actually sitting one? Or maybe, you just dread the whole ordeal and hope that on the day of the […]
Answering the call – nine top telephone interview tips
The main objective of a telephone interview is to assess the candidate’s skill-set before selecting them for a face-to-face interview. Again, this is cost-effective for the employer and it is a very efficient way of weeding out weaker candidates, writes LIAM HORAN, CAREER COACH, SLI NUA CAREERS.