This autumn marks the end of the king of reality TV – “Big Brother”. What will the reality TV junkies do with all this new found spare time? No more late nights watching housemates sleep in their beds.
Paul Mullan
Paul Mullan is an experienced career and outplacement professional with 14 years experience working within careers, outplacement and recruitment in the UK & Ireland. He is a former owner of Eden Recruitment and founder of career firm Measurability in 2006. Paul has delivered outplacement programmes for many leading organisations and ran graduate career workshops for leading third level institutions. He has worked with many individuals helping them define and achieve career goals through creative approaches to personal marketing and job hunting. Paul integrates traditional strategies with new Web 2.0 strategies to deliver optimum results. He is known for his up to date, creative and friendly approach to delivering career solutions. Paul is a recognised career professional regularly commenting on career related topics in the national media. He has acted as Career Doctor with Irish Independent and he is currently an online career expert with RecruitIreland.
Posts by paulmullan:
Management
Personal Branding: It’s not the end of Big Brother…
by on August 30th, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Category: HR and recruitment
Tags: Managing your online brand, Online Reputation, Personal Branding
Management
Job Hunting Success: Learn How To Sell
by on August 19th, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Category: HR and recruitment, Self- development
Tags: Career Expert, Ireland, Job Hunting, Job Search Strategies, Networking
I remember Bill Cullen telling a contestant “everyone is a salesperson”, during a series of The Apprentice. The last 18-24 months has served to emphasise his point. We have experienced...
Management
LinkedIn: Beware the Bermuda Triangle!
by on July 23rd, 2010 | 13 Comments »
Category: HR and recruitment, Self- development
Tags: Job Hunting, LinkedIn, Networking, Social Media Networking
LinkedIn has revolutionised how we network for business and job search. It has made networking more accessible...
Management
Biz or Job Hunting Success: Black Cats and Lucky Leprechaun Hats
by on July 9th, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Category: HR and recruitment, coaching
Tags: business, Job Hunting, Luck, success
In a bid to generate more success in my life I perfected a ritual and repeated it every morning. I started each day with a prayer to Lady Luck while soaking in a bath filled with four leafed clovers...
Management
Start blowing your own trumpet like Ryanair
by on June 24th, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Category: HR and recruitment, Self- development, coaching
Tags: business, business development, Job Hunting, Jobseekers, marketing
I travelled to Rome on Thursday 10th June via Dublin Airport with our good friends Ryanair. I normally rate my Ryanair experience successful...
Management
How to get LESS from LinkedIn
by on June 11th, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Category: HR and recruitment, Self- development
Tags: business, Job Hunting, LinkedIn, Networking, Social Media, Social Media Networking
I believe LinkedIn has made networking more accessible to the masses. More importantly it offers a less daunting proposition than real world networking in a room full of strangers...
Management
Stuck on the M50 of the job market
by on May 20th, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Category: HR and recruitment, Self- development, coaching
Tags: advertised jobs, Advice, business, Career, creativity, creativity in job hunting, job applications, Job Hunting, job market, Job Search, Networking, Newstalk, risk, unadvertised job market
I coined the phrase a number of years back “M50 of the job market” to describe how I viewed targeting advertised jobs in the current job market. My comparison was very evident during a radio interview this morning (Wed 19th) on Newstalk when the MD of Eirgrid revealed they received 1000 calls in one afternoon for jobs announced back in 2009.
Management
Knock! Knock! .. Who’s there? .. It’s me AGAIN ...
by on April 22nd, 2010 | 19 Comments »
Category: HR and recruitment, Self- development, coaching
Tags: Career Expert, Ireland, Irish Jobs, Job Hunting, Job Search Strategies, Jobs, Networking, Persistence
A big part of successful job hunting and business development in this market requires proactive strategies like networking, cold calling and speculative approaches...
Management
Ask For Directions: More Results and Less Bust-Ups
by on April 1st, 2010 | 15 Comments »
Category: HR and recruitment, Self- development
Tags: Career Expert, Ireland, Job Hunting, Job Search Strategies, Jobs, Networking
My ability to ask for directions when travelling has helped me in life and business as I don’t have hang-ups about asking for directions here either...
Management
Generating opportunities – You must be GAGA!!
by on March 24th, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Category: HR and recruitment, Self- development
Tags: Advice, business, Career, creativity, Job Hunting, Job Search, risk
I watched Jonathan Ross a few weeks back and Lady Gaga was his final guest. I always thought of her as “flamboyant costumes” but taking the time to listen to her performance on the show...
