Crafting a personal statement that does the trick
By Mary O’Brien-Killeen, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers (Claremorris) Q: I am writing a personal statement for UCAS. I am not quite sure how I should go about it. Can you give me some tips? (LT, email). A: For those who might not immediately recognise the acronym UCAS, it stands for Universities and Colleges Admissions […]
A view from the other (recruiter’s) side
By Mark McDonald, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Dublin North It’s 3.30 on a Friday afternoon and an Assistant Engineering Manager in a busy food and beverage manufacturing facility has just sat down at his desk to begin the next phase of a recruitment drive. His department has advertised for two specialised engineering technicians who […]
Record-breaking job creation grants in north county Dublin
By Mark McDonald, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers (Dublin North) The North County Leader is reporting HERE that The Fingal Local Enterprise Office (LEO) based in Swords, has recently approved a record-breaking thirteen job-creation grants to local businesses around the north county Dublin, the highest level of approvals since the economic downturn. Mark McDonald is […]
Canadian firm to create over 100 new jobs in west Cork
By Deirdre May, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers (Limerick) A Canadian firm is to create a total of 105 new jobs by 2016 as part of a major expansion of their existing operation at Clonakilty in west Cork. The jobs will involve graduates with IT and language skills as well as senior management executives. The […]
NEAR FM ‘career corner’ interview confirmed for October 16th
By Mark McDonald, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers (Dublin North) Hi – just to confirm that my next career corner interview on Near FM will take place on Thursday next, October 16th, at 11.30am. If you have questions you’d like dealt with in this section, email me on mark@slinuacareers.com
Mark McDonald on Phoenix FM, Friday, October 10th
Mark McDonald, Sli Nua Careers, Dublin North, will appear on 92.5 Phoenix FM this Friday (October 10th) to answer career questions from listeners. It starts at 11am. This follows an appearance by Mark on the same station a fortnight ago, after which the station received a number of queries from listeners anxious to resolve some career […]
Free CV talks with Sli Nua Careers in four Dublin libraries
Sli Nua Careers are delighted to be supporting Dublin City Council in their series of Library talks aimed at giving CV and interview advice to job seekers. Mark Mc Donald from our Dublin North office will be talking to job seekers in Walkinstown Library on Monday evening (October 6th). Coolock Library on Tuesday (7th). Cabra Library on […]
Career Corner with Liam Horan @CRC1029fm April 14th 2014
Liam Horan, Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Ltd, talks to Aidan Crowley of Community Radio Castlebar – a series of career tips interviews that will be broadcast each Monday on CRC-fm at 5.30pm GMT. This week: Today we can deal with these two issues: Q: I’m going for an interview next week with a man […]
RADIO: Career coach Liam Horan examines how much detail you should give in a job interview
Liam Horan, Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Ltd, talks to Aidan Crowley of Community Radio Castlebar – a series of career tips interviews that will be broadcast each Monday on CRC-fm at 5.30pm GMT. This week: Today we can deal with these two issues: Q: I’m going for a second interview for a position as […]
How a social media internship candidate should approach job interview, our weekly Career Corner on @CRC1029fm
Liam Horan, Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Ltd, talks to Aidan Crowley of Community Radio Castlebar, Co. Mayo, each Monday at 5.30pm GMT. Today’s(April 7) topics will include how a social media practitioner should present their experience at interview, and how much detail candidates, in general, should give at interview. You can listen live HERE […]