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The Five Stages of Grief – Seeking a Job in a recession

It’s been three weeks now since the company you worked with for two years closed down. Through no fault of your own, you are out of a job and rapidly running out of cash. You have signed on for unemployment … Continue reading

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Jobs Plus: Time to re-think this failed strategy

Jobs Plus: Time to re-think this failed strategy The Government’s new Jobs initiative, ‘Jobs Plus’, which was launched by An Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Tainiste Eamon Gilmore and Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, with much fanfare and joy last month … Continue reading

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Applying for jobs: The five stages of grief

It’s been three weeks now since the company you worked with for two years closed down. Through no fault of your own, you are out of a job and rapidly running out of cash. You have signed on for unemployment … Continue reading

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The more I practice, the luckier I get

‘The more I practice, the luckier I get’ is a truism that I find I agree with more and more as I get older, and perhaps wiser Whether it is a sport you play, a business you start, an elevator-pitch … Continue reading

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CV Tips-Look in the Mirror Mirror

    Would your recognize yourself in your own Resume or CV? Trust me, many of us would not. The ‘alter ego’ that is the person described in your resume very often bears little or no resemblance to the ‘Real … Continue reading

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