Advice on how to plan and organise your job hunt
Albert Einstein once said “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results” It is estimated that it can take anything between 21 and 66 days to form a new habit (1) however if it is something more difficult such as building the confidence needed to make a […]
There are many methods you can use to find a job. Our CV and Interview expert Gillian Knight outlines the main ones.
We’re nearly at the end of January now so the New Year is well and truly underway. If you have been job hunting for some time without success, it can be a very stressful time, looking to the future and thinking “more of the same” for another year. This is the time when you need […]
January is traditionally the time of year when we like to “take stock” of our life and start thinking of the things we’d like to change over the next 12 months. It might be you want to change your career, job or indeed the company you work for. Or you might be happy enough where […]
So if you have been job hunting without success over the last while then I suggest that you use this Christmas holiday period to relax, forget your worries, enjoy the Christmas, re-charge the batteries and come back in the New Year fighting fit. There is really little you can do during the holiday period to advance […]
A speculative cover letter is exactly that – speculative. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don’t, but it’s worth a try.
If you are in the course of a job hunt you will probably be sending out CVs and application to various job opportunities as they arise. More likely than not a telephone conversation with the employer or recruiter will take place before being invited for interview. In the course of conversation reference will be made […]
It now requires more effort than ever to get a job – scanning the adverts and job alerts, tailoring the CVs, customising covering letters and prepping for the job interviews; that is if you have been lucky enough not to get that politely worded “pfo” rejection! You think you are doing it all […]
As the song says; ‘Pick yourself up, dust yourself down and start all over again’. It sounds harsh but this is something that you have to be prepared to do and do very frequently in the course of a job search. If you have had a recent disappointment now is the time to dust yourself […]
Thousands of Irish taxpayers miss out on extra income every year by not claiming tax relief on their expenses. If you have never filed a tax return before, you will be able to claim for the last four years, i.e. from 2008 up to 2011. However, it is important to get moving on this before […]