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 […]
Let your STAR shine by making your answers relevant to ‘Them’
By Liam Horan, Career Coach & Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Let your STAR shine by making your answers relevant to ‘Them’ Competency-based interviews are not quite all the rage, but they have certainly grown in popularity and the indications are that they will continue to become more commonplace, writes LIAM HORAN, CAREER COACH, SLI NUA CAREERS. Yet, […]
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 […]
Why your job interviews shouldn’t go according to script
By Liam Horan, Career Coach & Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Q: I’m going for an interview next week – and I’m bricking it, totally nervous. In school, I was a great woman for learning off poems and even the odd essay for exams. Should I try to learn off, rehearse and spout it all out in […]
Familiarity doesn’t have to breed contempt
By Liam Horan, Career Coach & Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Q: I am going for interview in the company where I currently work – I’m bothered by the fact that I will know all three members of the interview panel very well. I’d classify them as friends, really. I fear I will be very self-conscious on […]
Eight sales habits to bring to job interviews
By Liam Horan, Career Coach & Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Q: On a number of occasions in your column, you have mentioned that an interview is like a sales process. I’m a salesperson, but I still struggle to sell myself in a job interview. I fail to see the connection. Could you elaborate on […]
How to rise to the occasion
Mark McDonald, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers, Dublin, writes in The Irish Sun about how to ask for that pay hike. Make a booking with Mark NOW Tel: 086 3812 555 Email: mark@slinuacareers.com Address: The LINC, IT Blanchardstown, Blanchardstown Road North, Dublin 15