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Happy New Career

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  Audio: Are you ever too old to change career?
  

  Our Career Surgeon Caragh-Burns-Sharma gives her top tips for changing career in 2009.

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  Audio: Why change career?
  

  Our Career Surgeon Caragh-Burns-Sharma discusses why so many people are changing career.

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Upskilling

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  MBA still worth the money
  

  A new survey has shown that senior managers and CEOs are continuing to endorse the investment value of MBA qualifications

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  Covering all the bases
  

  Griffith College offers a wide variety of postgraduate and professional courses at its campuses in Dublin and Cork

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  Rejuvenate your skills with further training
  

  When your current role just doesnt cut it any more, why not rejuvenate your skills with further training and earn more bargaining power in the process? Barbara Harding reports

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  So you want an e-commerce qualification
  

  Interest in e-commerce qualifications has reflected the mixed fortunes of the IT world. 

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Recession-Proofing

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  Don’t get downcast, get working
  

  January can be a great time to reassess your career goals, to evaluate how you can add value to your organisation and, above all, to think positively

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  Invest in upskilling to safeguard against the effects of a tightening job market
  

  Irish workers should brush up on their self-promotion skills and invest in upskilling to safeguard against the effects of a job market tightening

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  Recession-Proof your Job: Are you doing enough to keep your career afloat?
  

  Recession Protection: Executive Connections Offers Advice on Recession-proofing your Workplace. 

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  Audio: Troubled Times - How to Recession-Proof Your Career in 2009
  

  Recession-proofing: Brendan Murphy, Managing Director of Osborne Recruitment,  offers his top tips on recession-proofing your career.

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Ask the Career Surgeon

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  Electrician looking to upskill
  

  I need to add some qualifications to my trade cert to broaden my options.

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Redundancy

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  Audio: How to cope after being made redundant
  

  Our Career Surgeon, Caragh Burns-Sharma, offers advice to those who have been made redundant and are considering a career change.

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Your Workplace Rights

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  The National Minimum Wage
  

    The National Minimum Wage is €8.65 per hour.

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  Minimum Notice
  

   How much Notice do I have to give my employer?

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  Sorry boss, this is an emergency
  

  Force majeure leave gives all employees a right to limited paid leave for family emergencies caused by accident or illness to an immediate family member.

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  The Exit Strategy: Leaving a Job Gracefully
  

  We have all fantasised about the inappropriate things we would like to say to our boss as we march out defiantly on our last day. But before you start working on your speech, think of the consequences.

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CV Advice

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  Cover Yourself: How to write that Cover Letter
  

  A cover letter is a vital part of your job application as many employers make their first selection on this basis.

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  Cover Letters: Are they still used?
  

  A cover letter could potentially make the difference between securing an interview for that dream job or not. Here Career Advice Guru Rowan Manahan explains why.

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Interview Advice

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  The Top 10 Interview Tips
  

  You never get a 2nd chance to make a first impression! Have a look at our top 10 interview tips...

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  Video: Interview Techniques Part One
  

  UCD's Career Advisor David Casey has teamed up with LoadzaJobs.ie to bring you his best-selling Interview Techniques Video.

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  Video: Business Stage of a Job Interview
  

  Interview Techniques from Go Careers has been devised as a tool to help the interviewee perform successfully at interviews.

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  Video: Interview Techniques Part Two
  

  Watch Part Two of the best-selling video on Interview Techniques from David Casey, Managing Director of Go Careers.

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