Explain or ignore the unfinished college course in your CV? #crc1029fm April 12th 2016

Mark McDonald, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Ltd, talks to Aidan Crowley, Community Radio Castlebar –  a series of career tips interviews that will be broadcast each Monday on CRC-fm at 5.30pm GMT. Community Radio Castlebar has a licence from the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland to provide a community radio service to Castlebar and the […]

How to tackle competency based interviews March 14th 2016

Today’s Question: You have touched on competency based interview questions before, but I never took too much notice – but now I have to. I’m going for an interview with a public body – I better not say which one – and they have emailed to say it will be a competency-based interview. I’m panicking. […]

Research guidelines for interview #crc1029fm

Today’s Topic: “I have been called for an interview next week and would be anxious that I perform well on the day. Several people have told me to ensure that I have enough research done prior to the interview. I’m not sure where to begin on this or exactly how much research is involved. Any […]

Stumbling over the two stickiest questions at interview – November 9th 2015

Career Corner Topic: “I’ve had a number of interviews recently which I felt went reasonably ok except for two particular questions why seem to bother me. Tell us about yourself? And have you any questions for us? I’m never sure how best to address either of these questions and usually end up getting very muddled. […]

Financial services opportunities @crc1029fm October 19th 2015

Career Corner: Financial Services sector sees a growing opportunitites for job seekers Mark McDonald, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Ltd, talks to AnnMarie Donelan, Community Radio Castlebar –  a series of career tips interviews that will be broadcast each Monday on CRC-fm at 5.30pm GMT. Community Radio Castlebar has a licence from the Broadcasting Commission […]