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’m told most jobs are filled by word of mouth – is this true? How can I get around that?”
Career Corner with Liam Horan Topics today: Q: I’m told that most jobs don’t get advertised at all. That sounds so unfair to me. I’m 52 years of age, born and bred in the UK, and I moved to Ireland with my husband four years ago. We didn’t really know many people here but wanted […]
CRC @CRC1029fm – How to cope with a difficult interviewer – March 2nd 2015
Career Corner with Liam Horan Topics today: In this week’s Career Corner slot on Community Radio Castlebar, Liam Horan, Sli Nua Careers, talks about writing a reference for someone you worked with over 20 years ago – and how to handle a hostile interviewer. Liam Horan, Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Ltd, talks to Aidan […]
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 […]
Career Corner February 9th 2015 Question: Who to choose as your referees?
Career Corner with Liam Horan Topics today: It can be difficult to choose the best referees for your CV. Listen to some sound advice from Liam Horan. Should I bring my portfolio with me to interview? Liam Horan, Managing Director, Sli Nua Careers Ltd, talks to Aidan Crowley of Community Radio Castlebar, in Career Corner […]
Mark McDonald Career Coach Sli Nua Careers on TG4
By Shane Halligan Sli Nua Careers See Mark McDonald talk about staying motivated while job-searching – this interview was broadcast on the popular Roisin show on TG4, 2014. Mark McDonald is a Career Coach with Sli Nua Careers and works out of Dublin North. You can read more about him, and make a booking HERE for CV Preparation […]
Career Corner @CRC1029fm January 26th 2015 CVs for teens
Liam Horan talks about CVs for teens 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. Today’s topics: Q: My son is in fifth year in secondary school – what […]
Crafting a personal statement that does the trick
By Mary O’Brien-Killeen, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers (Claremorris) Q: I am writing a personal statement for UCAS. I am not quite sure how I should go about it. Can you give me some tips? (LT, email). A: For those who might not immediately recognise the acronym UCAS, it stands for Universities and Colleges Admissions […]
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. […]
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 […]