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Competency Based Interview Coaching

Many people don’t fully understand the competency-based approach to interviews and lose marks by focusing on the wrong things. With this service we will work with you to understand how you can best demonstrate your advantage.

Interviewing is not about going through your CV and providing biographical information, you need to go deeper into why you are suitable. It is not so much what you have done, but how you

Your coach will be able to identify this early on.

 

Content: 

  • Your challenges at interview and passed experience
  • How we can help, what you want to work on
  • Understanding Competencies
  • Building your competitive advantage
  • Full mock interview
 
€120 per 1 hour session
 

Competency Based Application Form Preparation

The first step in the process of getting the role you want is the application form. We can help you to prepare a professional form with well-structured examples that also assist you in delivering a more compelling message. Many people try to oversell themselves on applications and again focus on the wrong things or provide too much detail.

 

The goal of the form is to get you the interview. Once you get there your application form will also help dictate the process. A clear and well-prepared form is the best way to set you up for success.

 

€120 per 1 hour session
 

Career Coaching

Our Career Coaching Service is a tailored consultancy to help assist our clients transition between roles or identify what sectors they could be successful in and how best to apply. This is a collaborative process where we seek to understand clients’ goals in their lives and what they most value and how their careers can best support this. 

 

Many people tend to think in straight lines within their given sectors, with little knowledge of the opportunities beyond this or how to get involved there. With a broad swath of knowledge across the different sectors of business and the demands therein, we can help broaden our clients’ horizons and prepare them to target specific people within the desired area.

 

H-Training has relationships across Big Tech, the Start Up Sector, Pharma, Manufacturing, Retail, and the Public and Civil Sector along with the Third Sector. This work includes CV Development, LinkedIn, Networking Strategies, pitching and elements of Interview Development. 

 

€120 Standard Rate for 1 Hour session
 

Competency Based Interview Coaching

This service includes more of a strategic focus for Executive and Senior Managers and the interview coaching is tailored to address the higher-level competencies associated with these competitions. We regularly see managers blend operational level work with strategic competencies, which often damages their chances at interview.

 

Furthermore, candidates moving up to this level face stiff competition. There is a lot of competition for these roles and separating yourself from the field here can require a different approach.

 

We have separated many candidates in competitions at this level as we understand the organisations you are applying to and are very familiar with the roles, both from an interview coaching capacity with senior candidates and our work in Executive Level Coaching and Leadership Development across the public sector 

 

Content:
  • Your challenges at interview and passed experience 
  • Understanding strategic level competencies  
  • Building your competitive advantage in a competitive environment 
  • Full mock interview 
 
€150 per 1 hour session
 

Competency Based Application Form Preparation

The first step in the process of getting the role you want is the application form. We can help you to prepare a professional form with well-structured examples that also assist you in delivering a more compelling message. The key piece here is that your examples are at the strategic level and meeting the standard required.

 

Many people try to oversell themselves on applications and again focus on the wrong things or provide too much detail. The goal of the form is to get you the interview. At a strategic level the question is really how well you manage the complexity of what you are demonstrating to ensure that you hit on the key elements of the requirements.

 

Once you get there your application form will also help dictate the process. A clear and well-prepared form is the best way to set you up for success. 

 

€150 per 1 hour session
 

Career Coaching

Our Career Coaching Service is a tailored consultancy to help assist our clients transition between roles or identify what sectors they could be successful in and how best to apply. This is a collaborative process where we seek to understand clients’ goals in their lives and what they most value and how their careers can best support this.

 

Many people tend to think in straight lines within their given sectors, with little knowledge of the opportunities beyond this or how to get involved there. With a broad swath of knowledge across the different sectors of business and the demands therein, we can help broaden our clients’ horizons and prepare them to target specific people within the desired area.

 

H-Training has relationships across Big Tech, the Start Up Sector, Pharma, Manufacturing, Retail, and the Public and Civil Sector along with the Third Sector. This work includes CV Development, LinkedIn, Networking Strategies, pitching and elements of Interview Development. 

 

€150 for 1 hour session
 

Testimonials

Feedback from our Clients

I was made redundant late last year after almost 10 years of service to a company. I knew my skills and experience were valuable; however, I was nervous about doing interviews and trying to sell myself. This is why I contacted Ciarán at H-Training. I feel like Ciarán was the right coach for me at just the right time. While I needed guidance around updating my cv, interview prep etc., where Ciarán really helped me was in growing my confidence and calming my anxiety. Despite logically knowing that I had good industry experience and in-demand skills, I worried a lot about how best to articulate this. Ciarán was a very calming influence and helped me see the value that I could bring and the demand for my skills. We worked on a positioning strategy so that I could talk about my work in a fluent and confident manner. I started a new job last week and I am so happy there. I have no doubt that Ciarán's guidance helped me communicate my best self to land a great job! I am very grateful to Ciarán and would recommend him to anyone seeking change in their career.
MC Senior Marketing Director
Ciaran's coaching and training gave me the tools to improve my team management skills and the confidence to bring it to the next level. The coaching sessions throughout the course were extremely well structured and Ciaran's vast expertise across a broad range of office environments and personalities added a rich layer of insight. The format of the training delivery meant that I was able to apply the coaching to real life, current issues in my team and work through solutions with Ciaran, which in my opinion was far more beneficial. I would highly recommend anyone in a situation where they are managing people to do this training as a minimum. Your career will thank you for it.
Katriona O’Mahony Senior Marketing Manager at Hubspot
Margaret at H-Training mentored and supported me during the management training she provided to the company I worked for at the time. She is a patient trainer and mentor and made learning a lot more fun in her relaxed, but direct approach. I would highly recommend Margaret as someone who is highly competent not only in training but career advise and development.
Liz Martin
With a non-judgemental and person-centered approach to career coaching, Margaret is naturally gifted in making a person feel comfortable and understood. She actively encouraged ways in my mindset to extend upon those areas of interests and understand more about my thought processes, she helped me develop a better and deeper understanding of myself. I initially went to her for job interview coaching for where I advanced to very happily getting on the panel. I feel that I have been so fortunate and much for the better on so many levels having discovered H-Training and Margaret. I have truly discovered myself because of her!
Eilish
Ciaran Hourican’s interview coaching is absolutely first class. After just 3 hours of tuition, he managed to managed to instill sufficient confidence in me to achieve 11th place in a recent open Assistant Principal ICT Manager Competition, run by Public Jobs. Ciaran really focused and refined my interview techniques for this competition. Thank you - it was a real pleasure working with you.
Richard Barry
I would highly recommend the coaching and training offered by H Training and Ciaran. I was recently successful in a competition for a senior public sector role and the help Ciaran gave me in preparing the application really made a difference. Well worth every penny and would highly recommend.
Julia Hull
After few years outside of the corporate workforce, I recently went to the guys for some help with my interview skills. I can honestly say I would have been lost in my past few months of interviews, had I not sought the help of H-Training. The one on one sessions and interview coaching prepared me for pretty much every scenario that I met and also boosted my confidence greatly. After being offered my dream job, I honestly cannot recommend H-Training enough. An invaluable service for the current interview process.
Danny McHugh
Thanks Liz, I got my interview, the coaching was very good, lots of time given, made me refocus to what is required for a competency based interview, I would highly recommend H-Training.
Paddy Diffley
Outstanding service. Ciaran’s interview coaching was excellent and gave me a whole new confidence and mindset for the interview.
RT The Irish Prison Service
Margaret from H Training was absolutely brilliant and always willing to go above and beyond to achieve the goal.
CH
Thank you so much ciaran. I have to say you were so amazing. All you advice surfaced at my interview. Many thanks again
JKNational Ambulance Service
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