Update LinkedIn without your network spotting what you’re up to
Pic source www.pixabay.com Update LinkedIn By Ashley Cahillane, Linkedin Expert, Sli Nua Careers To update your LinkedIn profile without notifying your contacts click on the drop down next to your name at the top right. Then click on settings and privacy. This will bring you to a page with three options across the top of the […]
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 […]
Five tips for the job seeker’s LinkedIn profile
By Ashley Cahillane, Linkedin Expert, Sli Nua Careers Recently unemployed or wanting to make a change from your current role? Having a LinkedIn profile will help to showcase your qualifications, experience and skills…but can you make your profile stand out from the other hundreds, if not more, also seeking similar roles? The following five tips […]
Six simple tips for a college graduate’s LinkedIn Profile
By Ashley Cahillane, Linkedin Expert, Sli Nua Careers 1. Profile photograph A profile photograph is a must for your LinkedIn profile. Make sure the photograph is business-like (dress like you would for an interview) – definitely no selfies here. Having a good profile picture helps a potential employer to put a face to the name. […]
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 […]
Seven easy career steps for the ambitious student – November 30th 2015 #crc1029fm
Liam Horan, Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Ltd, talks to on Community Radio Castlebar, in Career Corner – a series of career tips interviews that will be broadcast each Monday on CRC-fm at 5.30pm GMT. Q: I am in first year in college – what steps can I take now career-wise so that I have an advantage […]
College graduates – what is your LinkedIn profile saying about you?
By Ashley Cahillane, LinkedIn Expert, Sli Nua Careers Examples of fleshing out a LinkedIn profile for College Students and Graduates College students and recent graduates regularly ask about the best means of utilising LinkedIn to navigate their way through the jobs arena. Populating your profile with compelling content can task users with a testing challenge, […]
Preparation in days prior to Interview – 16/2/2015
Career Corner with Liam Horan Topics today: Q: I have an interview coming up this Friday. I am afraid that I have done too much research. It’s a very high profile company so I don’t want to make a fool of myself. Any tips on how I should approach the final few days so that […]
Sell yourself in interviews – and here’s how
By Deirdre May, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers (Limerick) I worked in sales and sales management for many years. Interviews are a sales process – and in this interview with Liam Horan, I talk about how you can sell yourself. Deirdre May is a Career Coach with Sli Nua Careers in Limerick. Make a booking HERE for CV […]
Employers are using social media to recruit. Will they find you?
By Mark McDonald, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers (Dublin North) One of our career coaches represented us at the CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) annual conference and exhibition in Manchester. A very obvious theme at the event was the increase in the use of social platforms within the recruitment process. Employers and recruiters […]