The Top jobs to apply for this week!
Mon, Nov 09, 2020
Looking for a Change of Career? Despite the country moving on to Level 5, there are still several companies looking for new hires. Find our top job opportunities in the west of Ireland available this week on Advertiser Classifieds.
Read more ...The Top jobs to apply for this week!
Mon, Nov 02, 2020
Looking for a Change of Career? Despite the country moving on to Level 5, there are still several companies looking for new hires. Find our top job opportunities in the west of Ireland available this week on Advertiser Classifieds.
Read more ...How to become the unicorn candidate
Thu, Oct 29, 2020
Q: I’m searching for a new role. The very act of going through jobs advertised online is getting to me. The list of qualifications and requirements expected in many of them is simply unreal. I don’t think I can fulfil half of what they are seeking. In fact, I doubt anybody can. Should I apply anyway? (BC, email).
Read more ...Remote internship can bring future benefits
Thu, Oct 22, 2020
Q: I am a university student finishing my degree. The current situation is not allowing me to have a part-time job or any work experience, either related or unrelated to my course. I haven’t built a network of contacts yet and amn’t sure where to start? How can I build some knowledge of the real world in this remote setting? (BC, email).
Read more ...The Top jobs to apply for this week!
Wed, Oct 21, 2020
Looking for a Change of Career? Despite the country moving on to Level 5, there are still several companies looking for new hires. Find our top job opportunities in the west of Ireland available this week on Advertiser Classifieds.
Read more ...The Top jobs to apply for this week!
Mon, Oct 12, 2020
Looking for a Change of Career? Despite the country moving on to Level 3, there are still several companies looking for new hires. Find our top job opportunities in the west of Ireland available this week on Advertiser Classifieds.
Read more ...Home work is bringing me down
Thu, Jul 16, 2020
During Covid-19, I’ve been holding down a full-time job from home while looking after small children. I am too stretched to focus properly on my work. The quality has certainly diminished. I feel this will hurt my promotion prospects. My husband or male colleagues aren’t in the same situation. What can I do about this? (DF, email).
A: I have heard a lot about this in the last few months. It was always on the radar to a certain extent but Covid-19 has really brought it to the forefront, writes Ines Gonzalez, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers.
Read more ...5 Tips for online job interviews
Tue, Jul 07, 2020
Once the preserve of trendy start-ups and employers who had no option but to sift through potential employees via the medium because of the vast distances involved between themselves and said candidate, online job interviews have seen a major explosion in popularity due to the restrictions imposed on the world by the prevalence of Covid-19 and the rise of video services such as Zoom, FaceTime, and WhatsApp video.
Read more ...Travel reduction could be just the job
Thu, Apr 09, 2020
Last week, in this new world we inhabit, albeit temporarily for now, I did a day’s work for a company. If that day’s work had taken place a month or two ago, it would have unfolded very differently. I have every reason to believe it acts as a precursor of things to come, writes Liam Horan, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers.
Instead of leaving my home shortly after 6am to drive the 100 or so miles for our 8.40am start, I rambled into my office ten minutes beforehand. I had no problem with parking and I didn’t have the anxiety of wondering where exactly the meeting was taking place. Nobody else had problems with traffic or parking either.
Read more ...Home work can be productive all round
Thu, Apr 02, 2020
One Christmas many moons ago (circa 12 year worth of moons) a friend gave me The Four Hour Work Week, by Tim Ferriss, and it set my head spinning, writes Liam Horan, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers.
Read more ...Time to keep your distance and hold your nerve
Thu, Mar 26, 2020
BY LIAM HORAN, sli nua careers
This week’s column is almost advice-free, given all that’s happened. It may be too soon for advice. People are still reeling from what has happened.
Online option is here to stay
Thu, Mar 26, 2020
Recently, a-few-weeks threatening came to pass with an email I sent to our people: “We are now working solely online, as I outlined in the WhatsApp a few minutes ago…”, writes Liam Horan, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers.
Read more ...Sporting prowess gives your career chance
Thu, Mar 12, 2020
Q: I play sport at a high level for a prominent inter-county GAA team. I am currently in the process of applying for a new job, and I fear the employer will think that I’ll be rushing away from the office every second evening for training, meetings and matches. That’s not actually the case – I am a very good manager of my time and in previous jobs, I always came in early in the morning or stayed late in the evening to make sure I got my work done. How should I transmit this in the interview? (FD, email).
A: The fact that you are a high-level sportsperson says a great deal about your ability to commit, your willingness to make sacrifices for the greater good and your capacity to function effectively in a high-performing team environment, writes Mary O’Brien-Killeen, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers.
Read more ...Improve your CV to land a dream job
Thu, Feb 27, 2020
It is fair to say the weather so far in 2020 has been awful with February being particularly dreadful. Twenty-one consecutive days of rain plus three storms have left most of us huddling indoors trying to stay warm and dry.
Read more ...Future proof can boost job interview
Thu, Feb 06, 2020
When going for a job interview, the tendency is to look to what you have done in the past – but you might only be telling half the story they need to hear, writes Liam Horan, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers.
Read more ...How minding my own business cost me at interview
Thu, Jan 23, 2020
Q: I run my own business but want a change. I went for a job interview last week. Despite my best efforts at convincing the panel that I will unplug myself from the business, I believe I failed to convince them. They kept coming back to how I would juggle both even though I made it clear I have a management structure in place that allows me to step away. And I am really keen to step away! Should I have told them I am selling the business, even though I am not? What do you think? (DC, email).
Read more ...Securing a job in 2020
Thu, Jan 23, 2020
As we approach the end of January, it is most likely that your New Year, new me ideals and promises have sadly fallen by the wayside; it happens to us all.
Read more ...Seven tips for a local authority interview
Thu, Jan 16, 2020
Q: I am going for an interview for a job in my local county council. I’m told I should know stuff about what the council does but, to be honest, I haven’t much of a clue. I’m not politically minded, more of a ‘live and let live’ type woman. Where do I even start? (ER, email).
A: Once upon a time, you nearly needed to know what the interviewer had for breakfast the morning of local authority interviews, but it’s nowhere near as onerous now, particularly for someone coming from the outside, writes Liam Horan, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers.
Read more ...How did you prepare for this interview?
Thu, Nov 21, 2019
Q: In a recent job interview, I was asked a very unusual question: ‘how did you prepare for this interview?’ I didn’t know what to say and muttered something about reading their website. In fact, I had put in a huge amount of preparation, including speaking to somebody who works there and doing two sessions with a career coach, but I wasn’t sure I should reveal all of that. Would it show that I was lacking something? (AC, email).
Read more ...Bad form as closing date passes by
Thu, Oct 31, 2019
Q: The closing date was today. Last night, after much procrastination, I finally opened the application form and started to fill it out. And I failed. Between competencies, experience, and exact number of months worked in jobs I held 20 years ago, and lots more besides, I just couldn't get my head around it at all. Is this a common experience? I hate missing out on this job opportunity but I had no alternative. (AC, email).
A: The exasperation you articulate about filling forms is very common, though, thankfully, I think most people manage to get them completed on time, writes Liam Horan, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers.
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