“Jobseekers Ireland” is a new, Group here on LinkedIn that has 110 members in 48 
hours! It provides a platform for Jobseekers, Business Management, HR, Recruiters & Career Advisors to share experiences and informed advice in areas such as…….
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STAR INTERVIEW TECHNIQUE 
Structuring your interview answers using the STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) interview technique will give you confidence and clarity when answering your interview questions. Following its form will result in your answers being high quality, comprehensive and detailed with fact. This technique will also help you avoid deviating from the question and keep your answers structured. Always use the first person when answering your questions!! STAR is particularly important to use during competency based interviews.
What is STAR?
SITUATION :A background to the situation you were involved in
TASK : Describe the tasks that were involved in the situation
ACTION : What did you personally actually end up doing and how did you
go about it
RESULT : What was the result of your actions
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At the moment, the most important part of securing a job is to actually end up in front securing an interview. It is vital that a huge amount of time and effort goes into structuring a professional CV that has a clear CV layout, has clear and concise CV content and is acheivement based. when drafting your CV, you have to put yourself in the place of the person who is screening applications. Compose a CV that is relevent to the role you are applying for. When reviewing the job spec, demonstrate how you have delivered on the responsibilities, and now just that you have done them! You do this by providing examples.
This way your application will stand out from the competition,who have just listed off the responsibilities of the role.
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Given the economic climate, most companies out there have to react and make cutbacks. In a recent article, below were the findings of a survey of organisations
- Cutting back on recruitment – 69%
- Cutting back on company events – 55%
- Cutting back on bonuses – 45%
- Layoffs – 34%
- Cutting back on training – 33%
- Hiring high performing employees from competitors – 9%
I thought the final point was interesting in that there are opportunities out there. The first port of call should be competitors in the sector your experience is in!