Keep focused: Remember why you are going for interview
keep focused Pic source www.pixabay.com By Patricia Maloney, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Q: I recently went for promotion which involved a competency-based interview. I prepared my examples so well for the competency questions that I totally neglected to prepare for questions relating to the job itself. I now feel unable to face the interview process […]
Final steps – six tips for the final few days before the interview
By Mick O’Connor, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Athlone 1. As the interview draws closer, it’s important to stay alert and fresh rather than impeding your chances by cramming a book worth of sheets the night before. Gradually reduce the amount of information you’re studying to one page of bullet-point notes. This amounts to an abbreviated account […]
ESB to recruit 300 apprentices over next five years
By Shane Halligan, Sli Nua Careers Newstalk 106-108fm is reporting that the EBB is recruiting 300 apprentices over the next five years. The recruitment drive is part of a €40m investment of the utility’s training and development programme. You can read more HERE. If you will be applying for work there, perhaps we can help? We […]
eircom Launches New Apprentice Programme
By Shane Halligan, Sli Nua Careers eircom today announced details of a new Apprentice Programme which will give 50 bright sparks the opportunity to kick start their career working for Ireland’s leading telecommunications provider and one of the country’s longest established brands. You can read more HERE. If you will be applying for work there, […]
Transform Your Career with the Innovation Academy, UCD in Athlone
By Mary O’Brien-Killeen, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers (Claremorris) The Innovation Academy, UCD will start a new Postgraduate Certificate in Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Enterprise in Athlone on Thursday 26th March. The programme is for jobseekers from all backgrounds with five years+ work experience or a level 8 qualification who want to set up their own enterprise OR who […]
How to shape your CV if you’ve been around
By Mick O’Connor, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Athlone Q: Since leave college 18 years ago, I’ve been around. I’ve had ten jobs – job-hopping wasn’t part of my master plan, but it’s just the way it has worked out. I’ve done quite well in some jobs, and I have also had some hairy moments, but my […]
Mark McDonald talk at ILAC Library
By Shane Halligan, Sli Nua Careers Mark McDonald from our Dublin North office will be giving a seminar to job seekers and career changers in the Central Library located at Dublin’s ILAC Centre, Henry Street, on Tuesday 27th January from 1:30 – 2:30pm. The seminar will cover areas of interest such as CV preparation and how […]
Steps you must take to prepare you for that job interview
By Mick O’Connor, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Athlone In this interview with Liam Horan, I go through the steps you must take when preparing for a forthcoming job interview. Mick O’Connor is a Career Coach with Sli Nua Careers and works out of Athlone. You can read more abouthim, and make a booking […]
Nerves in an interview – how preparation can help dissolve them
By Mick O’Connor, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Athlone Nerves can be a problem in a job interview. We have all experienced them – but they can be overcome. They can be put to good use for you. In this interview with Liam Horan, I talk about how preparation can help to dissolve nerves. […]
CV Preparation – information you need when compiling a CV
By Mick O’Connor, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Athlone Interviewed here by Liam Horan, I speak about the importance of gathering all the relevant information together when compiling a CV – sometimes people leave very important details out of their CV. Mick O’Connor is a Career Coach with Sli Nua Careers and works out […]