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Q: I felt I was going grand in a recent job interview – I had dealt comfortably with all the questions about my CV, my training and strengths. But I stumbled badly at the end when they asked me what I knew about the company. The truth was I knew very little: I had a look at their website but I found it very technical. Plus I don’t know anyone working there. I took a bit of a guess about one product they have – and got it wrong. I didn’t get the job. Even though I know I did poorly, I’m not sure how I could have prepared any better for this question in the circumstances. Any pointers? (GMcC, email).

We will call him Joe (because that’s not his real name, with a passing doff of the cap to Con Houlihan). Joe is a salesman. He took up the redundancy offer last May. Summer holidays beckoned, and he was happy to spend a few months hanging out, for the want of a better phrase, with his seven year-old son.

A picture tells a thousand words. And Junior Chamber Ireland (JCI) Mayo is hoping to help people make sure their picture is telling the right kind of story, particularly on their LinkedIn profile.

Derek Reilly, well known Belmullet businessman, has been elected as the 2014 president of JCI Ireland (Junior Chamber International). Mr Reilly recently returned from Japan Leadership Academy and the JCI Malta National Convention where he was the guest speaker and trainer.

The Learning Institute, Galway is delighted to announce that it has been successful in securing funding from the ICS (Irish Computer Society). As a result of this, The Learning Institute is now offering a range of computer courses for beginners for just €20.

Sixty-eight percent of employers admit to ‘Googling’ prospective candidates as part of a referencing check, according to a new survey conducted into attitudes to employment references by leading sales and marketing recruitment consultancy Sales Placement.

Three in five participants in JobBridge – the national internship scheme - secure employment following their internship, according to an independent evaluation published on May 1 by Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton.

Online Marketing in Galway’s (OMiG) next meet up session is taking place on Monday next April 29 at 7pm in the Harbour Hotel, Galway.

Nominations to identify outstanding young people in Mayo are in their final week as part of a competition currently being run by Junior Chamber International (JCI) Mayo, in association with the Mayo Advertiser and AIB.

Nominations to identify outstanding young people in Mayo are in their final week as part of a competition currently being run by Junior Chamber International (JCI) Mayo, in association with the Mayo Advertiser and AIB.