Pictures from Ballina Careers Expo
The recent Ballina Careers Expo was a huge success in the Newman Institute – there was a very large turn-out. Here are Eleanor Burke and Liam Horan running our stand there.
Taking time to choose the right career, our weekly column from various newspapers around Ireland
Q: My son is in Transition Year, but he hasn’t a clue what he wants to do after school. He’s mad into sports – plays a lot of rugby – and I also notice he has an interest in property: he’s forever checking out prices of properties, and he watches all of those home makeover […]
Our Interview Workbook will help you prepare for job interviews
Download our Interview Workbook HERE It will help you prepare for job interviews. We use it extensively when preparing candidates for job interviews. The focus is on getting you to think, first and foremost, about what the employer is looking for – and to work back from there to identify the evidence you have to […]
Six questions to ask the panel – our weekly column from various Irish newspapers
In job interviews, it is good to show interest – and one of the best ways of doing this is to ask questions. The person who asks questions is making a genuine effort to get to know more. Interview candidates sometimes labour under the illusion that to ask questions is to show weakness or ignorance. […]
Cork Expo useful info
Thanks to the many people who visited our CV Clinic at yesterday’s Job Expo in the Silver Springs Hotel, Cork. As some of you will know, Liam Horan of Sli Nua Careers gave an impromptu talk on CVs in the corner beside our stand to try to alleviate the lengthy queue. That talk is available […]
Telling it straight is the best policy – our weekly column from various newspapers around Ireland
Q: I’m in a bit of a pickle. I’ve been called for an interview for a maternity leave post that I’ve a good chance of getting – I’ve worked for this insurance company before and got on well. The only problem is that smack bang in the middle of it all I’m scheduled to go […]
Hobbies can be more than just fun – our weekly column in various Irish newspapers
Q: Are they really interested in my hobbies? I’m involved in my local rugby club – coach an under-age team, do some fund-raising and chairman of the committee that built the new clubhouse. I had it on my CV but I took it off again because I thought it looked irrelevant. Was I right? (DT, […]
Tales from the job interview front – our weekly career column
We survey our clients after they have attended job interviews to see what they are discovering when they sit in front of interview panels. It is a very insightful exercise. Based on surveys thus far this year – and notwithstanding that the sample size is relatively small – I will outline here some discoveries we […]
Late query threw me off my stride – our weekly careers newspaper column
Q: They asked me at the end if I had any questions for them. I couldn’t think of any. The interview had gone well but I came out feeling I had missed a trick at the end. Did I? I haven’t heard yet if I got the job. Fingers crossed. (KM, email) A: You say […]
CV snap is a personal choice – our weekly careers column from various Irish newspapers
Q: Should I put my photo on my CV? (ST, email) A: We asked this very question on Facebook recently. Well, in point of fact, we asked ‘do you have your own photo on your CV?’ Quick as lightening, a woman replied: “No, I have Angelina Jolie’s on mine.” Game, set and match – we […]