In the second of my “Meaning behind the interview question” series of blogs, I am going to tackle the “weaknesses” question. Many candidates I talk with are unsure how to answer this question. Naturally one doesn’t want to appear as if they

Anxiety is ok. It happens to everyone. No one will go through life without at various stages succumbing to feelings of anxiety about work, life, sport or indeed interviewing. Anxiety is a normal human reaction and an important one. It can alert

“Why are you looking to move jobs?” As a recruitment consultant I speak with a wide variety of personality types on a daily basis, be it job seekers or employers.  It becomes very clear after a short while in recruitment that

Following from our “why do accountants move jobs” blog our second release in the run up to our salary survey release I am going to give a market overview of the Accountancy Practice and Tax Markets in Dublin. Overall both the tax and

Part two of the lead in to the release of our 2016 salary and remuneration guide brings us to a general market update, who is hiring and what are they looking for. Before discussing market activity, it’s important to highlight that much of

As a lead into our salary survey market overview which will be released in the coming weeks we wanted to discuss some of the key areas when it comes to the accountancy jobs market in Ireland. We will cover topics such as market trends,

As part of the lead in to the release of our 2016 salary and remuneration guide we are posting some of the content and findings from all the combined feedback we have obtained throughout the year, looking at job seeker motivations, market

Accountancy Market Shift – Return of Corporate Finance One of the biggest shifts in the Accountancy recruitment market in the past 6 months is the move from the prevalence of corporate recovery/restructuring roles to corporate finance. In

Writing a good CV can be a time-consuming and daunting task which few people actually enjoy doing, but of course a good CV is key to securing an interview for that next hot job that we’ve set our sights on! As someone who reads many CVs every

I woke up early on Sunday and went through my normal routine with the kids before having a quick browse on my phone to see what was going on in the world. I was pretty surprised to read on reddit that the first 4 episodes of season 5 of Game of