Eight tips to make your job interviews easier – and better
By Sabina Trench, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Eight tips to make your job interviews easier – and better Job interview candidates can be very hard on themselves – they can magnify every error and minimise every good moment. This is not true of everybody, of course, but it does apply to a large number of clients I […]
Control the interview? You decide
By Liam Horan, Career Coach & Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers The decisions we make in job interviews are crucial. When we hear the phrase “You control the interview”, we often get stomached, writes LIAM HORAN, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers. How can I control the interview? Surely the interview panel control the interview? Yes, you can […]
6 job-searching tips for new graduates
By Liam Horan, Career Coach & Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers You’re fresh out of college, just got the results (congrats) and now the real world beckons. Chances are you will soon be facing your first serious job interview. That has prompted Liam Horan, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers, to compile these six simple tips. 1. While […]
‘Dress for success’ tips for men
By Liam Horan, Career Coach & Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Of late, we have received a number of queries from men about appropriate interview dress. Accordingly, we have invited style coach Claire Golden (www.clairegolden.com) to pen this contribution – we will ask her to do likewise for females in the next few weeks: “The most important […]
How to prepare yourself to overcome interview nerves
By Liam Horan, Career Coach & Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Q: I get nervous before interviews. By the time I get to the venue, I’m shaking. It really holds me back in my career. Any suggestions? (SC, email). A: First of all, accept that you will have nerves. Nerves are not a bad thing, per […]
Four tips to build your confidence before interview
By Sabina Trench, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers We all need our confidence boosted from time to time. Job interviews can rattle the most secure of people. Before putting yourself through the challenge of facing an interview panel, you need to make sure your confidence is intact,writes SABINA TRENCH, CAREER COACH, SLI NUA CAREERS. Here are four simple […]
Why your CV needs to know where it’s going
By Liam Horan, Career Coach & Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Q: I’m a jack-of- all-trades in my work. I do everything and anything yet sometimes when my husband asks me what I did all day, I don’t know what to say. My job title is Marketing Executive, but, in reality, I do a whole lot more […]
Confident, not complacent – that’s the key
By Liam Horan, Career Coach & Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers The best candidate doesn’t always get the job, writes LIAM HORAN, CAREER COACH, SLI NUA CAREERS. As so many sports teams have found to their cost, complacency is an insidious virus that attacks without notice and can be extremely difficult to combat. If you live long […]
Give yourself a hand (or two) during interview
By Liam Horan, Career Coach & Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Q: When I was in school, I was told it was crucial to sit still in job interviews. Hands down by my side, feet planted firmly on the floor. That was then: now, I’m 44 years of age and I am a, shall we say, expressive […]
The 3 Es of Interviews
By Sabina Trench, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Entrance At the start of any interview, you can almost bank on being asked to, ‘Talk us through your CV’ or ‘Tell us a little bit about yourself’. While the question may be vague, you should not be, writes SABINA TRENCH, CAREER COACH, SLI NUA CAREERS, WESTPORT. This is […]