Caught bluffing: Interview test turned the tables against me
Caught bluffing Pic source www.pixabay.com By Liam Horan, Career Coach & Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Q: In the interview, they asked me to create a table in Excel. I didn’t do very well due to a combination of nervousness and not being quite as accomplished at creating Excel tables as I had claimed on my […]
Self-employment conundrum – Stick or twist
Self-employment conundrum Pic source www.pixabay.com By Liam Horan, Career Coach & Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Q: I worked for 22 years in the same job – and went out on my own three years ago. Boy, it’s tougher than I expected. I didn’t realise that getting things done would take so long, that customers would […]
Setback: You got knocked down – now get up again
Setback Pic source www.pixabay.com By Liam Horan, Career Coach & Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Q: I started a new job six months ago – but I hate it. I feel totally constrained in it: I worked in a very similar role before, but with a different company, and the two companies are like chalk and […]
Teacher-questionnaire
Pic source www.pixabay.com We have a special online questionnaire for jobs in the education sector. Please go HERE to fill it out, and it will automatically sync to us – this helps us create a better end product for you. We have a dedicated section on our site for teaching positions – HERE
“I’m good at my job – but I do disastrously in interviews”
Good at my job Photo by Guilherme Cunha on Unsplash By Liam Horan, Career Coach & Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Q: Every time I go to interview, I get tongue-tied. I’m not sure if it is the nerves, or if I’m trying too hard, but I tend to do disastrously. It is really annoying for two reasons: […]
Greatest TY project ever?
By Liam Horan They’ve broken a world record; reached over 500,000 people in their social media campaign; generated €30,000 to participate in a major world competition; and raised €1240 for charity – have four motorsport fanatics from Co. Mayo just produced the greatest Transition Year project ever? Richard Grimes (17), Sean Treacy (17), Cormac MacDermott […]
Good finishes that may help you in job interviews
Good finishes Photo by Tim Gouw on Unsplash www.unsplash.com By Liam Horan, Career Coach & Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Q: “I was asked at the end if I had any question for the panel. I was just happy to hear that the interview was finishing. What might I have asked” – DC, Email. A: […]
Age: You can’t change it, so work with it
Age Pic source www.pixabay.com By Liam Horan, Career Coach & Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Q: I think they see me as being too old. I keep getting called to interview, but I have not been able to land a job. I am 54. My last job was outsourced to a cheaper country. I am very […]
We are on the look-out for Transition Year success stories
Pic source www.pixabay.com By Arron Hughes and Liam Horan, Sli Nua Careers ‘It started in Transition Year’. We are on the look-out for successful businesses that started life as TY mini-companies. It’s for a radio programme we are working on – so there will be some publicity for the businesses involved. If you are such a […]
8 tips for Garda recruitment interview
Pic source www.pixabay.com Garda recruitment By Liam Horan, Career Coach & Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Are you looking to carve out a career for yourself in An Garda Síochána? If you are, you’re one of thousands; so, as the boys’ scouts say, you have to ‘be prepared’ or ‘bi ullamh’. An Garda Síochána The […]