Beat 102-103

A good chinwag with the nice folks at Beat - job-hunting, career planning, dress sense, interviews, cabbages and kings ...

From The Sunday Times

It must be the start of the year, because all the journos are writing about new year career plans ...

From RTE.ie : we guested on the Today With Pat Kenny Show with Tom McGurk on January 3rd 2006, talking about what for many people is the most depressing day of the year - the first day back at work.

From The Irish Independent

The Independent picked up on the CV dumping piece from Recruitireland. Slightly expanded thoughts on the subject.

Why do so many CVs get dumped? Our top 7 reasons ...

From The Irish Independent

"I can't make up my mind what to do now that I have completed my Marketing degree." A Career Doctor question.

From Marketing magazine

The decline in television news - a rant by Rowan. (Not exactly our usual fare, but hopefully will raise a smile nevertheless)

From The Irish Independent

Zombies in the workplace - presenteesim. Interesting article, plus our thoughts.

The Newstalk 106 Orla Barry Show invited us on to talk about awful working relationships - from BO to Bullying. Contact the station directly for a transcript.

From Recruitireland.com

Style versus Substance - the eternal struggle. We look at how it applies in compiling your CV.

From The Irish Independent

A feature article on the brain-drain in the medical profession, including our thoughts ...

From The Irish Independent

"I am finding it difficult to get into a career in teaching." A Career Doctor question.

The Newstalk 106 Orla Barry Show invited us on to talk about moving on from a job that makes you miserable. Contact the station directly for a transcript.

From The Irish Times

The summer is over and I am NOT looking forward to going back to a long autumn and winter in my job. What is at the heart of job melancholy?

An hilarious piece from The Irish Independent on the perils of lying in the job-hunt. Remember our mantra: If you have to lie to get your foot in the door, this probably isn't the job for you.

From The Irish Independent

"They lied to me at interview and my new job sucks! How do I move quickly?" A Career Doctor question.

from salesjobs.ie

Why do we have to manage our careers? Why do we have to plan? Isn't all of this just a pain in the neck?

From The Irish Independent

A feature article by John Meagher on the death of the tie in the workplace and the implications of casual dress culture for interview candiates.

From The Irish Independent

"I'm highly qualified but not sure about how I should approach the jobs market in Ireland. Help!" A Career Doctor question.

From Recruitireland.com

Control in the interview process - you don't have much control once you are in the interview room, so make sure that everything you can control in the days before goes smoothly ...

From Irishjobs.ie

Whether you get the job or not, there is something to be learnt from every interview you attend. In the same way as you prepare and count down to the interview, you should debrief yourself afterwards. Here's how.

From The Irish Independent

"I work for a small company. How do I break the news that I'm pregnant?" A Career Doctor question.

Beat 102-103

The Beat Talk show with Niall Power wanted our input on a study about attractive people getting ahead in the workplace.

From The Irish Independent

A Career Doctor problem - finding the time to complete an evening course if your employer isn't supporting you.

From The Irish Independent

Career Doctor questions on the big cliches to avoid in job interviews.

From The Irish Independent

Career Doctor question on dealing with a question that stumps you in the interview room.

From The Sunday Times

Another "What if?" piece, this time on the subject of working closely with someone you just don't like.

From The Sunday Times

A survey piece on career planning, including our 2 cents' worth ...

From Recruitireland.com

Time, time, time. Why is there never enough time to do all of the things you want or need to do? If job-hunting is a full-time job and you already have a full-time job, plus a family, friends, social life, etc.; how on earth are you supposed to fit all of this in? In an extract from Where's My Oasis? we attempt to address the tip of this particular iceberg ...

From The Irish Independent

A Career Doctor question on trying to juggle paying the bills with voluntary work to gain experience in a new sector

From The London Times

It looks like we have been rumbled if The Times is recommending that interviewers review the prep materials in Where’s My Oasis in order to be ready for the well-briefed candidate. It’s interesting, because we always advocate that a serious job-seeker should read one or two books on ‘interviewing’ so that they can clearly understand the process from the other side’s perspective ...

From The Sunday Independent

The things we get asked! The Indo team wanted to know about our esteemed Managing Director's favourite share (seeing as Fortify hasn't done an IPO yet ...)

Irishjobs.ie

Where's My Oasis? is Irishjobs.ie's only recommended job-hunting and career management book. Here's some thoughts on producing a profile section for your CV.

From The Irish Independent

A Career Doctor question on dealing with failure in professional exams. If you keep missing the mark should you give up and try something else?

From Q102:

More on cover letters. From school kids looking for some work experience to the real thing ...

From The Sunday Times

Money makes the world go around ... A survey piece on getting a pay rise, including our $0.02 worth.

From The Irish Independent

A Career Doctor question on ageism in job-hunting - what if you feel that you are not getting past the CV stage because you are a certain age?

From Cosmopolitan Magazine:

Cosmo picked up some soundbites from Where's My Oasis? in their careers section for December 2004. We all face the same old questions over and over at job interviews - what is behind them?

From Q102:

A major survey has found that 1/3 of workers find their boss "almost unbearable" and only 15% have an "excellent" relationship with their manager. Rowan Manahan from Fortify and Maria Mahon, the CEO of Irishjobs.ie, were invited on to "On The QT" to talk this through.

From Recruitireland.com

Recruitireland have posted this extract from Where's My Oasis? giving an overview on the topic of Cover Letters.

From The Sunday Times

Clothes maketh the man? We were asked for our thoughts on Dress Sense in the work environment.

The Newstalk 106 Down to Business Show invited Rowan Manahan to talk about the realities of job-hunting in the 21st century. October 30th: CVs and getting ready. November 6th: Interviews. November 13th: Career changes.

Contact the station directly for a transcript.

From The Irish Independent

A Career Doctor question on clangers - when you say something dreadful in an interview ...

From Recruitireland.com

What's going on in the jobs market these days? Recruitireland liked the ideas in Where's My Oasis? and talked with Rowan Manahan about his views on the market in 2004.

From RTE.ie : we guested on the Today With Pat Kenny Show on October 4th 2004, for a quick chat about Rowan Manahan's book Where's My Oasis? in the light of what is going on in the jobs market today.

You can contact RTE directly for a transcript or tape of this or other past shows.

From The Sunday Times

The 21st Century jobs market has been compared to an iceberg - with only a small percentage of jobs visible above the waterline. Here's a survey piece on the topic of where to look and how to approach the hidden jobs market.

From Q102:

The nice folks at Q liked our book, so they asked Rowan to come on air and talk about the fundamentals of job-hunting for those entering the workforce for the first time.

From The Irish Independent

An extract from the introduction to Where's My Oasis (with thanks to Richard Curran and his team).

Beat 102-103

We guested on the Beat Talk show with Niall Power. Contact the station directly for tapes or transcripts.

From The Sunday Independent

Why can't you fool all of the people all of the time at interview? Most people are surprised at how much their body language conveys to the interviewer ... (An extract from Where's My Oasis with thanks to Shane Ross and his team)

Company Magazine

First international mention / review of Where's My Oasis? in September's issue of Company (not, unfortunately, in the 100 Sexiest Men in the World feature).

Irishjobs.ie

Where's My Oasis? is Irishjobs.ie's only recommended job-hunting and career management book.

From Q102:

Is your boss a psychopath? Many people think so, but recent research raises some disquieting thoughts on this topic. We were asked to contribute to a discussion on this topic.

Other contributors: Prof Michael Barry on the National College of Ireland and Robert Phipps from C4's Big Brother.

From The Sunday Times

Your Body Language - what does it tell the experienced person about you? Some overview thoughts understanding this unspoken language.

From The Irish Times

Survey thoughts on interviews from multiple sources and an overview on the tricky business of choosing a career advisor.

From The Irish Independent

Positioning yourself for an internal promotion - games people need to play

From The Sunday Times

Being passed over for a promotion is a gut-wrenching setback. How do you minimise the chance of this happening and what can you learn from a setback of this nature?

From Recruitireland.com

We were asked for our ideas on the subject of striking a balance between Working-life and Life-life ...

From The Irish Independent

There must be something in the air - another piece on making a transition from one career to another. Look before you leap!

Following on from our thoughts in the Sunday Times we were invited to contribute to the morning show on Q102 talking about changing career path in today's marketplace.

From The Sunday Times

Career changes in the 21st Century. We were asked to contribute our 2 cents' worth on this oh-so-tricky aspect of career management.

From RTE.ie : we guested on the Today With Pat Kenny Show on January 13th 2004, discussing the case studies we undertook last year and also taking part in a broader discussion on job-hunting and interview techniques.

You can contact RTE directly for a transcript or tape of this or other past shows.

We guested on Newstalk 106 on the Down to Business Show on January 3rd, discussing the basics of job-hunting for 2004.

Contact the station directly for a transcript.

From The Sunday Times

Sabbaticals - good idea or bad idea? We were asked for our thoughts on the subject.

Random House have bought the worldwide rights to Rowan Manahan's book on career management and job-hunting: Where's My Oasis? Front Cover Back Cover

Preliminary launch date for the UK, Ireland and the Commonwealth is Summer, 2004.

You can pre-order it here

From The Irish Independent

Take control of those things you can control - making sure you arrive at the door of the interview room with no flap.

We guested on the Scott Williams show on Lite FM (now Q102) talking about the realities of the marketplace today.

Contact the station directly for tapes or transcripts.

From The Irish Independent

The bar has been raised - just some of the reasons why you need to take control of your career.

From Business Plus Magazine

Negotiating your remuneration package - too many candidates either disqualify themselves or sell themselves too cheap. Some ideas to get you thinking ...

From The Sunday Business Post

Networking in the job hunt - nepotism or a basic survival skill? We were asked to contibute our $0.02 worth in this piece in the Business Post.

From RTE.ie

An update on our case study clients with Pat Kenny on May 6th, 2003; and a more extensive chat on the subject of the dreaded interview.

You can contact RTE directly for a transcript or tape of this or other past shows.

From RTE.ie

We were back on air with Pat Kenny on March 3rd, 2003; giving a quick update on our three 'case studies' and examining the lessons that can be learned from each of their situations.

From RTE.ie

Fortify guested on the Today With Pat Kenny show on February 5th, 2003 discussing the difficulties and issues facing job-seekers in a downturn.

We identified 3 candidates for a full Fortify progamme and will be updating you on their progress on future programmes.

We served as advisors for a FAS produced television programme called "The Job's Mine" hosted by David McWilliams on TV3.

FAS are releasing an expanded version of this programme on DVD and video - contact them directly for details.

The Irish Independent ran a short series of articles on the subject of job-hunting for the new year.

1. Language and Attitude in preparing for the face to face stages of the recruitment process.

2. Routes of entry into the marketplace

3. The first hurdle - just what happens to your CV after you post it ...?

From The Irish Times December 20th, 2002.

So you've just been downsized. Some thoughts to dwell on in preparing for your career search.

From The Irish Independent November 7th, 2002.

FAQs - some of the more common questions we get asked.

From The Irish Independent October 3rd, 2002.

Preliminary thoughts for presentations - particularly when the presentation is part of a selection process.

From The Irish Independent June 6th, 2002.

When it all goes wrong at interview - common mistakes and some positive steps you can take.

From RTE.ie

Fortify guested on the Today With Pat Kenny show on February 21st of 2002. You can contact RTE for a transcript or tape of past shows. Information on the slot is here.

From Reuters.com

Another CV and background checking company - crime just doesn't pay these days.

From The Irish Independent

CVs 101 - some of the ways to prevent your CV landing in the bin.

From The Irish Independent

An article on some of the pitfall questions asked at interview.

From Monster.com

Survey on the areas in which people look for help in career management. Interviews, as always, seem to be the biggest bugbear ....

From CareerXroads

Excellent article on 'Career Management Deficiency' and the perils of not keeping abreast of developments in your sector.

From Manageconsult.com

The common (and inexcusably stupid) mistakes that people make at interview - some truly shoddy reasons not to get that job .....!

From The Irish Independent

A feature article by John Meagher on Fortify Services - more advice on the CV and interview stages of the recruitment process.

From http://www.silicon.com

A new British company that runs background checks on job applicants ....

From MIT.edu

Article on the preliminary stages of career management.