Careers
# careers - Monday 29 April, 2013
15 productivity tips to help you escape the 9-5 lifestyle
If you’re spending 12 hours a day at your job and still not finishing your work, it’s time to make a change.
# careers - Saturday 13 April, 2013
Check out the desks of 13 successful tech people
Some like their own space, some sit with employees, some stand – and some don’t have a desk at all…
# careers - Sunday 7 April, 2013
Careers clinic: Speaking skills for job seekers
Non-profit organisation Toastmasters helps members improve communication skills – and has some tips for those facing an interview.
# careers - Sunday 24 February, 2013
Column: 5 ways to get a career that makes you happy
We are all living longer and looking for work to support our lifestyle – so how do we do it? Clare Mulligan explains.
# careers - Saturday 23 February, 2013
Meet the company which will only accept Twitter CVs
And it’s for applications for a six-figure job.
# careers - Friday 15 February, 2013
Careers clinic: A spell of volunteering can transform your job skills
As survey finds that one in five people who take a break to volunteer abroad end up changing careers, two volunteers speak about their ‘transformative’ experiences.
# careers - Sunday 20 January, 2013
Careers clinic: What are you actually doing to get a job?
Jobs may be scarce on the ground – but they still exist. Here’s how to do everything you possibly can to find the job you want.
# careers - Sunday 6 January, 2013
€150k fund to support artists with disabilities or mental health problems
The fund, which is being run by the Rehab Group, will help people to pursue careers in the arts over the next five years.
# careers - Saturday 15 December, 2012
15 words you must stop using in your LinkedIn profile
The 2012 list of overused, useless buzzwords on the careers networking site.
# careers - Sunday 9 December, 2012
Careers clinic: What NOT to do at an interview
Some of it’s obvious – but so much of it is vital advice.
# careers - Saturday 24 November, 2012
Algorithm predicts how long workers will stay at a job
Certain factors – even the number of social media accounts you have – can indicate whether you will be likely to stay on in a particular workplace.
# careers - Sunday 21 October, 2012
5 pointers to remember in an interview
Preparation, examples, telling the company what they need to know: Some basic things to remember when going for that job.
# careers - Saturday 20 October, 2012
17 interview questions to test if you’ll fit in at a company
Some are straightforward, some seem like trick questions – all are designed to gain real insight into your personality.
# careers - Sunday 14 October, 2012
Open thread: What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever put on a CV?
Smoking as a hobby? Surfing the internet as a skill? Join the club.
# careers - Sunday 7 October, 2012
10 tips for working effectively at home
Clear the clutter, stay in touch – and take off those pyjamas.
# careers - Sunday 5 August, 2012
Passion and hard work: Pixar filmmaker’s inspirational letter to kids
Pete Docter, maker of Monsters, Inc. and Up, is a good man to turn to for career advice…
# careers - Sunday 8 July, 2012
Careers fairs – six tips for job hunters
Visitor numbers at jobs fairs have soared since the beginning of the recession – these tips might help you make the most of any you decide to attend.
# careers - Saturday 23 June, 2012
Careers clinic: Should I send a thank you letter after a job rejection?
You’ve done the interview but you miss out on the job. Should you consider writing a thank you letter to leave behind a good impression in case a future opportunity arises? Liam Horan reports.
# careers - Tuesday 22 May, 2012
5 pieces of career advice we learned from Charles Handy
The influential Irish-born workplace philosopher is to make a rare appearance in Dublin next month.
# careers - Sunday 15 April, 2012
Careers clinic: The Professional Unemployed – a phenomenon
They were in comfortable jobs before the recession took them out at the knees – and they don’t know how to apply for a job. Read more…
# careers - Thursday 5 April, 2012
WE’RE HIRING: Attention, software graduates
Are you a software graduate? Do you love the idea of building products that are used by tens of thousands of people every day? Check out our exciting vacancy…
# careers - Sunday 5 February, 2012
Careers clinic: Playing for Ireland (how I got off the Live Register)
One man tells his story of losing a job after working consistently all his life – and how he did everything to get stuck back in… even with an income cut of €25,000.
# careers - Saturday 28 January, 2012
Social media will find you the perfect job? No – but it can help.
Recruitment expert Richard Eardley gives his tips on how to think of yourself of a brand – and how to manage it.
# careers - Sunday 15 January, 2012
Column: Why we need career guidance counsellors – and why all the stereotypes are wrong
“The double-jobbing teacher”, “the leaflet pusher” – student guidance counsellor Pamela O’Leary has heard all the stereotypes about her profession but says cuts to the service will hurt vulnerable children most.
# careers - Friday 6 January, 2012
WE’RE HIRING: Attention, software engineers
Do you love the idea of building products that are used by tens of thousands of people every day? Check out our exciting vacancy…
# careers - Thursday 5 January, 2012
Careers clinic: How I got an internship with a social media campaign
Irish student Stephen Cleary has just earned a place at Adidas’s marketing HQ in Amsterdam thanks to his social media campaign.
# careers - Friday 23 December, 2011
Careers clinic: Do you have a portfolio career?
TheJournal.ie’s resident careers guru Liam Horan looks at portfolio careers as a possible way to flesh out a part-time working week.
# careers - Saturday 10 December, 2011
Careers clinic: A job interview is no time for humility
TheJournal.ie’s resident careers guru Liam Horan advises that when it comes to interviews, be yourself – but even more so than usual…
Column: We must introduce paternity leave – for the sake of women, too
Paternity leave isn’t just an issue for fathers, writes Senator Ivana Bacik – it would help women finally achieve equality in the workplace.
# careers - Wednesday 23 November, 2011
Careers clinic: 10 pointers to get you noticed by a recruitment company
TheJournal.ie’s resident careers guru Liam Horan interviews a recruitment company boss to find out how YOU can get your CV to the top of the pile.
# careers - Saturday 19 November, 2011
Column: Stay positive, keep moving – the advice YOU gave me
Two weeks ago, Liam Horan wrote about going back to college after 26 years – and the response he received in comments, emails and calls displays the positivity and courage of many people finding their way through the recession.
# careers - Sunday 6 November, 2011
Column: I’m back in college after 26 years – and I’m not alone
Liam Horan runs a career-training company and has found – even on a personal level – that people have to let go of the fear that they are too old to retrain or change career.
# careers - Thursday 28 October, 2010
College drop-out rates revealed
Students studying computer science at third level are the least likely to finish their first year in college.
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