How to shape your CV with a portfolio career
Career Corner with Liam Horan Topics today: Q: You’ve written on a number of occasions about portfolio careers. I think I may fall into that category. I work as an office manager for a medium-sized manufacturing firm three days a week, and the other two days I divide my time between playing in a band […]
What would you do if you got the job? Listen to Career Corner – May 25th 2015
Career Corner Mark McDonald, Career Coach, 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. Topic: “I recently attended for an interview and felt I had prepared well in advance. However, one particular question […]
Your voice is your voice – don’t obsess about it in #jobs interview #careers
Career Corner with Liam Horan Topics today: Q: I hate the sound of my own voice. Surely the interview panel will feel the same about it? Anything I can do to make myself sound better (JJ, email). Liam Horan, Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Ltd, talks to Aidan Crowley of Community Radio Castlebar, in Career […]
I want to apply but am afraid to show my face just yet & common interview errors
Career Corner with Liam Horan Topics today: Q: I want to apply for a job I’ve seen advertised – but I don’t want to show my face yet. My company have a connection with the company advertising the job, and I’m afraid word would get back. Is it off limits, or are there other ways around […]
Skype #jobs interview – how can I nail it? Radio interview on this very topic #careers #jobfairy
Career Corner with Liam Horan Topics today: Q: I’m being interviewed by Skype next week for a job. The position is overseas and I have the skills and experience to do it, but I am worried about the Skype interview because all the other candidates will be interviewed in person. I fear Skype may be […]
I’ve done the job for three months. Now they want me to apply for it. How should I react?
Career Corner with Liam Horan Topics today: Q: I have been working as office manager in a company for the past three months – without actually getting the stripes. The situation was that the previous office manager took ill and they recruited me on a temporary basis to take over the job. Initially, there was some […]
Highland Radio “How to customise your CV to match that job” 3/3/15
Highland Radio Interview with Liam Horan In this interview on Highland Radio, Liam Horan, Sli Nua Careers, talks about NUIG suspends ‘misogynistic’ menstrual questioning process, jobseekers ‘often forget to include all their skills on CV’ plus how to deal with those ‘curve balls’ at interview.
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 […]
Apple to invest €850m in new Galway data centre – listen to Mark McDonald’s thoughts on the jobs
By Mark McDonald, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers (Dublin North) & Patricia Maloney, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers (Galway) The Irish Times is reporting that Apple is to invest €850 million developing a new data centre in Athenry Co. Galway to help run services such as iTunes and maps for users of its devices. Here I address […]
Preparation in days prior to Interview – 16/2/2015
Career Corner with Liam Horan Topics today: Q: I have an interview coming up this Friday. I am afraid that I have done too much research. It’s a very high profile company so I don’t want to make a fool of myself. Any tips on how I should approach the final few days so that […]