Is it down to luck or hard work?
By Patricia Maloney, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers, Galway I spoke to somebody recently who had just been offered a job following a two-stage interview process. This person felt that he was lucky to be offered the job based on what he knew to be the level of competition for that particular vacancy. I don’t […]
Do your research – there are no short-cuts to success
By Mary O’Brien, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers (Claremorris) A lot of us prepare for interviews in a similar manner i.e. we look at our CV and previous experience and begin the process of trying to match our skills to the requirements of the job in order to answer questions as effectively as possible. This […]
Let’s have more ‘I’, please
By Patricia Maloney, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers It’s more ‘I’ than ‘we’: this is a point I find myself making to interview training clients on a regular basis. “We put a very good system in place,” they say. Or “we achieved record sales”. In job interviews, it’s important to keep the ‘I’ in there. […]
Overcoming the vacuum so you can excel in Skype interview
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 impersonal and I am concerned I won’t […]
Blind alleys left me out in the cold
Q: I went for a job interview last week. I had myself all prepared to tell them exactly what I felt they needed to hear – my experience, and how that experience relates to their company. The interview panel comprised three people: but, really, it was like just one. He was a compulsive talker – […]
Handling the salary question
By Sabina Trench, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers We have talked here before about kicking to touch if asked the salary question in the first interview. LD (via email) asks if we have specific phrases she can use if she finds herself facing the salary question. Generally, we discourage the learning of lines, but […]
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 […]
Career Corner with Liam Horan @CRC1029fm August 11th 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 issues: So, you did the interview, and got the verdict from the interview panel, […]
12 tips to help you in job interviews
Claim your successes. Nobody else will do this for you. Yes, you can acknowledge the contribution of your colleagues along the way, but, ultimately, there should be at least as much ‘I’ as ‘we.’ An interview is not an elocution test. You’re not being asked to read The News. An ‘um’ here, and an ‘ah’ […]
Seven job interview mistakes you don’t want to make
Coming over too familiar. A surplus of premature familiarity tends to be a problem in most arenas, and it is certainly a no-no in job interviews. Be professional. Be warm, but keep your distance. These people are assessing you from a variety of angles, primarily professional. While your personality is an important part of the […]