My book for interviewers, written in collaboration with Mary Hanson, is now in the shops. It is published by Orpen Press (ISBN: 978-1-871-94-4) price €15 available both in paperback format and in Kindle Versions.

Further information at Orpen Press: www.orpenpress.com

Have just done a slot on RTÉ's new TV News show The Morning Edition.

http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/10105907/ the piece on help for job seekers is at 1:01:00">http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/10105907/ the piece on help for job seekers is at 1:01:00

Interviewee Skills

9:30-5:00 Saturday 16 February - Central Dublin location (TBA).

Hone your interviewing skills and get feedback on how to improve. Small group - 12 max.

Cost €100 including a copy of Brian's book Interview-wise.

What Colour is Your Parachute? Career Workshop

9:30-5:00 Saturday 2 March - Central Dublin location (TBA).

Find your ideal career, hone your job-search skills and kick-start your new life. Based on Richard Bolle's classic book.

Ireland's longest running career workshop returns.

Cost €100 including a copy of Brian's book Career Detection.

You can enrol by sending  your fee and contact details directly to Brian McIvor&Associates, Newgrange Mall, Slane, Co. Meath.

To discuss your requirements further:

Call 041 988 4035 or email me: brian@brianmcivor.com

Will be a guest on the first edition of RTÉ's new morning news programme: Monday 28 January.

Just putting the finishing touches to the interviewer's book (with Mary Hanson). We are calling the book "The First Sign of the Recovery" because you know a recovery is in the offing when someone comes out with a book about how to hire staff.

See for yourself:

http://www.orpenpress.com/the-interviewer-s-book-hiring-the-right-person.html

Training consultant Mary Hanson and I are working on a new book for interviewers which will be published by Open Press in early 2013. More details later.

It's an old Irish proverb that sense comes with age (tagann ciall le h-aois). However, I was reminded of that recently in training where I observed participants struggling with an ice-breaker problem-solving exercise but being very frustrated by not being able to see the data put in front of them in another way. It reminded me that as we grow older we tend to stick to the first obvious solution we can think of and hang onto it like grim death. When we were young we were better at generating alternatives. Think about it.

I have been doing a series of workshops for the Marketing Institute of Ireland who have asked me to sum it all up in a brief piece of video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2HUUTT3BLk&sns=fb

I hope you find it useful.