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Quo Vadis Opinions
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Working life advice and news from Ireland.
- Author: Steve Pronger
- Listed in: Career & Jobs Education
- Tags: jobs Ireland career guidance job applications career training career builder
Recent Posts
It’s not just WHAT you know that counts; it’s WHO you know
Maybe you think this is wrong. But these days employers are being inundated with CV’s and often don’t want to advertise jobs, because it will bring in a flood of CV’s. Now days many jobs are being filled discretely though word of mouth. I oft...
Working Life Links 28th october 2009
Watch out - biased words can affect your performance evaluations. “ Mary, the group leader concluded, “is an excellent trial support person who can be relied upon to get the job done with minimal supervision.” John, her less-exp...
Active listening skills are essential
Irish people are great talkers, but often we are not great listeners. As this well known very funny video clip shows, Captain Hancock could have avoided appearing rather stupid if he’d asked a few open ended questions. Instead he made an...
Working Life Links, 15th October 2009
A bad experience with a recruitment consultant. These days with blogging and discussion boards it is very easy to wreck your reputation or to use the new terminology “damage your personal brand” Whilst the recruitment consultant beh...
Reasons to hire a career coach
To invest in your future Top sports people such as Padraig Harrington have their own personal coaches, and so do successful individuals looking to get the most out of their working life. A career coach will support and challenge you, making sure yo...
I trust Europe more
Just back from a fabulous cycling holiday in the Dutch province of Drenthe hence the lack of blog posts. Had a great time there, lovely countryside, great cycle paths and their public transport actually works. Regular readers will know I’ve spo...
