Episode 9: Nonverbal Communication

Episode 9

This week, I’m delighted to be joined by Andrew Mulligan who is an expert in body language (or more correctly, Non Verbal Communication/NVC). Andrew studied Career coaching in DIT and is Managing Director of Irish Career Resolutions Ltd who specialise in provide confidential, personalised career coaching service.

 

Andrew Mulligan, Managing Director of Irish Career Resolutions Ltd

 

Andrew has also sent me some useful images* for you before attending interview:

*(with thanks to the creators, Tarleton)

Episode 4: Preparing for Interview

Episode 4

This week, I’d like to talk to you about preparing for interview. So great – your cover and cv have gotten you time with the employer. Now it’s time to capitalise.

Episode 3: Cover Letters

Episode 3

This week, I’d like to talk to you about cover letters and notes. So from the previous episode, you have a strong CV, and now you want to get it under the nose of the right person.

 

Episode 2: How to leverage Social Media in your search

Episode 2

In this episode I discuss how  to leverage Social Media in your search. As LinkedIn is the most popular professional networking tool, this episode is very LinkedIn-centric, but the principals are the same regardless of the tool you use (build a strong online presence, then reach out to others in a professional way to bring attention to yourself).

I hope you find it useful.

 

Episode 1: CVs

Episode 1

This episode is about how to market yourself with your CV. What to put in, and leave out and who to make it effective.

 

Introduction

Introduction

Hello everyone and welcome to the jobs podcast. I hope to have this podcast available on iTunes, learnoutloud  and on jobscast.tumblr.com.

Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Barry Vickers. I am a recruiter 20 years’ experience as hiring manager, agency and in-house recruitment, and I’m currently working for Ericsson LM Ireland.

So why the podcast?

The purpose of this podcast is to Podcast to help you find the job you want. It’s that simple. I hope to offer tips, insight, news and maybe even feature some jobs. I also hope to have interviews with experts in the industry and get opinion from them.

I have about 20 possible episode ideas in my head, but I’d prefer to know what you would like to hear. Is it cv tips, interview pointers, recruitment trends, industry events? Let me know! Drop me a line at barry@barry.ie with subject line “jobspodcast”.

The cast will probably have an “Ireland-feel”, but I’d like to add an international dimension, so I would welcome insight in that regards – feel fee to comment on the site and blog. I have recruited people from all over the world and for Ireland, Europe and for Africa

So stay tuned”

Again, I welcome your ideas for content (especially what are the big questions you have) or get in touch if you’d like to be featured (weather you are an industry expert, would like to offer insight or even if you are simply looking for a job).

Lastly, please feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn and check out my site at www.barry.ie

Hope you enjoy the podcast.