The baby steps to start controlling your career
Last week, you may recall, we had an email from DR. He wrote: “I’ve been doing the same job for the past 25 years – retail sales. I was reared in it and about 15 years ago I inherited the family shop. It’s all I know, and, to be honest, I am very happy doing […]
Career Corner with Liam Horan @CRC1029fm August 18th 2014
Liam Horan, 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: Here we deal with these issues: QUESTION Q: I couldn’t make the job interviews on the day they were convened. The […]
Baby steps to help you through career fog
Q: I’ve been doing the same job for the past 25 years – retail sales. I was reared in it and about 15 years ago I inherited the family shop. It’s all I know, and, to be honest, I am very happy doing it. But it’s fairly obvious my business is going downhill in these […]
Career Corner with Liam Horan @CRC1029fm July 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: Here we deal with these two issues: QUESTION Q: I’ve worked in one sector – teaching – for the […]
Striking the balance when you work at your hobby
Q: I love the theatre. From an early age, I was on stage, and, in my 20s, I still take part in plays with my local amateur drama group. Alas, I’m not destined for a career on the West End. I did business studies in college and I have recently seen a job advertised as […]
This week’s top tip
The issue of transferrable skills has arisen on a number of occasions when working with clients recently. “How do I know my transferrable skills?” “How I let an employer know they transfer to a new sector?” The question is generally asked by people who are moving from one sector to another. This can be a […]
Shannonside Radio
By Liam Horan, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Liam Horan talks to Joe Finnegan on Shannonside about creative job-searching and our sister site Thumbs Up From Toni Liam Horan is Managing Director of Sli Nua Careers Ltd. You can read more blogs from Sli Nua Careers coaches HERE, and make a booking for CV […]
Shining a new light on your core skills, our weekly column from various Irish newspapers
Q: I read everywhere that you need to know your strengths, and that only through knowing them can a candidate highlight them in their CV. It sounds grand and dandy: but I just can’t find the language to express mine. I ran my own business for 20 years. It was very successful and even limped […]
Plan your successful career change in the new year
By Liam Horan, Sli Nua Careers When you resolve to change careers – as opposed to change jobs – you can feel a great surge of excitement. The realisation that you actually can change careers can be a huge liberation – “I don’t have to keep doing this for the rest of my days, wow.” […]
My roving eye is giving me career itch – our weekly career column
Q: I’m in a job I don’t like – and that’s to put it mildly. My role is as an office receptionist, but it’s too narrow in focus for me. I’d much prefer to be working in a hotel doing sales and reservations, instead of just pushing calls through to my bosses, which I’m currently […]