Skills and experience can help you close the gap
Q: For 17 years, I worked in two jobs: one for nine years, the second for eight. I took the redundancy package just over a year ago, and haven’t worked since. Initially my plan was to take a few months off to recharge the batteries before getting back into the workplace. While I wasn’t complacent […]
Low-key meeting could still open the door, our weekly column from various Irish newspapers
Q: I couldn’t make the job interviews on the day they were convened. The company have kindly agreed to meet me on another date next week. However, instead of meeting the interview panel of three people, I will meet just one of them, and, from what I gather, he is the least important of the […]
Ten questions all job-seekers should ask themselves, our weekly column from various Irish newspapers
[checklist] Do you have a good quality CV that summarises and highlights your skills in an effective way? Do you tweak/amend your CV every time you send it out so that it speaks to the employer in question? Do you have a neat and professional Cover Letter that you tweak so that it addresses the […]
Self-campaign your way to dream job, our weekly column from various Irish newspapers
Job-searching is the new frontier, I believe. Think of six graduates coming out of college with the same qualification, more or less, give or take a grade here and there. They all have CVs of broadly similar quality. See all six on the starting-line, waiting for the gun, and then the race begins to see […]
SOS for job-searching campaigns
At Sli Nua Careers, we are currently compiling a list of great/quirky/persistent job-seeking campaigns. Like this one: http://bit.ly/Zukbt6 Or this one: http://bit.ly/Oygy9O If you know of any such campaigns – or, indeed, if you have executed one yourself – please email LIAM HORAN with a pointer in the right direction. We will be publicising these strategies […]
Phantom.ie
By Liam Horan, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Liam Horan of Sli Nua Careers talk to phantom.ie about job-searching tips. 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 Preparation and Interview Training.
AUDIO: Liam Horan speaks to George Hook of Newstalk about creative job searching startegies
By Liam Horan, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Liam Horan on Newstalk. Liam Horan of Sli Nua Careers talks to George Hook show about Personal Branding and Creative Job Searching strategies. Liam Horan is Managing Director of Sli Nua Careers Ltd. You can read more blogs from Sli Nua Careers coaches HERE, and make a […]
AUDIO: Liam Horan speaks to Phantom.ie about innovative job searching campaign
By Liam Horan, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Liam Horan of Sli Nua Careers talk to phantom.ie talking about David Wogan’s innovative job searching campaign. 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 Preparation and Interview Training. […]
Seven job-searching tips that might make the difference
Be active. It never fails to surprise us the amount of people who are simply not doing enough on the job-searching front. We are not advocating wild and unfocused activity, but, yes, we do feel you should be doing something every day to advance your campaign to get a job. [checklist] Treat it like a […]
Turbo-boost your job-searching campaign
Q: My son is 23, he has a good degree, but he has never had a proper job. He has applied for a few things, but I think he is not doing enough really. He just seems to sit around all day playing games and watching television. I have stopped trying to cajole him because […]