Outside of career and interview coaching I have another life in music and in broadcasting. Occasionally something comes along that I can make into a documentary. The interviewing skills come in handy here! Click on the picture above to enter the world of Arthur O’Leary – Kerry’s castaway composer.

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Remembering the late Richard Nelson Bolles, author of What Color is Your Parachute? whose anniversary occurs around this time. Dick’s International Workshop in Bend, Oregon, USA in 1996 literally changed my life and kickstarted my business.  

Interviewer: Tell me about your greatest failure.    You: (Thinks: HELP!!) Watch this and then call me: 087 250 4562 Or go here  

Until they went and changed it…… Help is always at hand. https://www.brianmcivor.com/welcome-to-the-interviewing-zone/

No need for all this New Years Resolution stuff. Revive an old habit. You’ve probably forgotten more than you learned anyway. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/brianmcivor_not-in-the-mood-for-new-year-resolutions-activity-7016841256131526656-xpA7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop  

  BEHIND THE CLOSED DOOR 4: Conversations before an interview. Interviewers need clear applications, interviewees who can summarise their examples or provide detail, if required- and show their ability to deal with complex issues, such as under-performance. Interviewers have to be fair, analytical and consistent in their interview strategy.  

BEHIND THE CLOSED DOOR 3 Things interviewers may think during the interview but may not express. Pity the  poor interviewer. While you may have just one interview to worry about the may have to manage many more. Imagine hearing the same old clichés and buzzwords all the time and seeing

Every application form tells a story. If you did your homework – your application form tells the world that  you are a professional communicator with a future. If you slung the form together in a hurry  the impression is that you will approach the job in the same way; and

  Behind the Closed Door … is a new series of short videos about competency interviews. Interviewers are not impressed by poor preparation, plagiarism or exaggerated claims of greatness. Make sure you are not going to get a review like this for your next job interview by engaging with the

I was asked to become involved in a recording of the Goethe Choir’s performance of a Ukranian Hymn. Everyone who participated were moved by the music and its text. Images of sacred icons held in Glenstal were inserted into the video because of their special place in Ukranian culture and