ey're just constantly living this and so just how do you make space and give them people that a little bit of time out from it all as well because everybody's affected by it in the family so it's you know it's really you know it's not like something that she says not a short term fix you know and as you say too we try and protect our children as much as we can from the realities sometimes of being an adult but in this situation it is it it's next to night impossible how is the support offered then is it you know as a family group would it be children separately parents separately obviously if that's all agreeable or is it taken on a case by case basis or how what is the approach Denise well what what they've suggested that we do is allow it to be on an individual basis for the child or for the parent it's for children seven years and older now obviously the counselor will have you know a chat with the parent initially to see what it is that they're looking for you know given that there's a limit of support it's not as I say it's not a long term counseling support either it's about deciding you know who gets it is it for individual members and the family does everybody need to get it sometimes it's about you know maybe it's one child everybody deals with stress differently and there's no right or wrong way to deal with stress but some people maybe need that little bit of extra support you can look at how do I build up my resilience and how do I do this differently and how do I take time off from this and get away from it and how do I support my children maybe depends on the situation everything is different but and in some cases families will be spoken to together because like I'm just too unrealistic in real life I can imagine parents might be a little bit concerned that the seven or eight year old might go you know go well you know mommy likes to have a drink or daddy likes to have a drink or sometimes daddy can get angry and that to be misinterpreted and next thing you know dealing with problems that don't exist but you know could end up being amplified you know is all that taking consideration and dealt with yeah I mean these are professional counselors that are offering you know they've already been actively working in this arena for a long time so there's a recognition that they have the skill set to kind of process all that and know what's normal getting stressors and how people maybe let off steam versus you know something that they need to just deal with a bit more deeply and like and every life is complex you know so there's always things if you dig a little deeper sometimes it brings up stuff but also it's about how you just you know process that enough for people just get on with having a fairly contented life and I'm not suggesting for a second that that's how it is to make a household you know what I mean I'm just I'm just trying to cover any concerns that even one person out there might have because I know for myself that children could say absolutely anything sometimes as well right so in terms of you know it's resources you've is there plenty of resources to deal with people in a timely fashion because you know there's nothing worse than you know maybe mulling over a decision for two or three weeks then reaching out and then being told we'll try and get back to you in two or three months you know what I mean maybe that's the practical realities of it but you know what how is this resource how quickly are people being spoken to and helped well you know today's as I say this literally just took off before Christmas because we felt it was important to even just get it out of the you know out there before Christmas because sometimes Christmas as you know is the stressful time as well so basically people will ring in or can ring in and they ring into IDP that's where the contact point and then the service is provided by two other community organisations councillors the turnaround time to date has been within a week people have heard back at least to have an initial you know set up a time to meet look at who is looking for the counselling at the short term intervention so it's not it's not meant to be a long term intervention this is about you know families that are I suppose just needing a little bit of time out and to have a discussion about you know I've just I've hit a wall with this and I just need to get a break because what you know as well Greg is that you can have siblings like you know families that have their brother's house is gone their their sister's house you know it's not even that normal network where people go to everybody's in the same boat so there's that sense of I just need somewhere to go just for me and that's kind of what we're recognizing this is going across the community so every family may have three or four people in their family network that are also you know our parents or grandparents in this situation as well so it's trying to be as flexible again because there's a pilot the idea is that there's a real demand for it we'll we'll offer the the hours available as well so it's trying to reflect what people are looking for yeah and you can have four people under the one roof and each one of those would be dealing with this in a very different way or having a different reaction such as the sort of uniqueness of us as humans but I suppose that's why you know we have professionals that have seen much of this before do you think there'd be any benefit at some point having a wider conversation that you could never do it person to person with the general population as to you know how to support people affected by this you know or how to have the conversation or what's you know what is a good way to progress the conversation you know not now or maybe sometime down the line would there be a benefit to that do you think yeah well I mean one of the things we did in the latter half of 2021 as well as we had this program called community resilience training that was kind of that coming together to have this conversation and recognize that we're all been through this and people just hearing we've got it's good to know I'm not the only one that felt like that you know the situation so the community resilience training was so the positive feedback we got from that was immense so we're looking at running that again and that was by you know that's about you know the impact of trauma and stress because it is a form of trauma too when you 100% yeah and it can trigger all the things that can can follow trauma as well I'm sure now it's available in in a show at the moment and I just get a feeling that there could be people listening in letter Kenny who are equally stressed and this actually could compound them because then they feel like well what about us are there other services available for people in other areas I understand this is through the initial and development partnership but you know what happens if someone from letter Kenny says I need to speak to someone I'm going to ring this IDP number what what's the situation there and I'm not trying to look for problems I'm just trying to cover inevitabilities you know well I mean obviously this service is geared towards people living in a show and it's part of the show and family action network it's with all the community and boundary sector living and working in our area but obviously what has come up as well as the GP service I think they can access you know across the county can can refer people to that maybe are saying look I need to help I need a little bit of counseling for that if people ring their local GP I the HSE in my understanding are also offering some counseling support the families that are affected by Micah as well obviously you know we're piloting this if it works well and if people are responding well in terms of what the field of value but go further afield and you know it depends on that okay like I don't mean it quite like this but it could be a wee bit like a user to lose it you know what I mean the system is there but it needs to be active and people engaging with it I would suggest anyone who's been listening to this and lives in the initial area and just you know wants to see what it's like to talk to someone who you're not living with or you're not related to or whatever just speak to someone who's completely independent of your your circle<PHONE_NUMBER><PHONE_NUMBER> now in the first instance that number is to register Denise yes exactly that is not where the service is provided but that's where you ring in and we'll take some basic details to the confidential service they'll be passed on then to the councillor who will directly contact the family and work with them through that process and from there on and in terms of arranging time and a date to meet and things like that and it can be provided online just to say as well you know obviously COVID has impacted how all services are delivered but you know subject to those kind of restrictions it could be in person in Hongkwana will or Crown Donna as the three locations that they'll operate out of and they'll also provide an online option as well all right listen thanks for your time this morning Denise I really appreciate it that is Denise McCool there community development officer with initial and development partnership<PHONE_NUMBER> if you're in the initial area and you want to register right you know there's a few things you don't discuss in bars they say you don't what is it religion politics what else might it be there's such things as swear jars right but what about banning the word COVID from your bar and making people cough up cash if they do we're going to be speaking to one bar not bar owner who's just done that after these break after this break stay where you are the night till noon show brought to you by Kenny's Toyota Port Road letter Kenny with offers on a wide range of passenger and commercial vehicles if you're aged 16 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radio dot com Highland radio we're here for you Highland radio time checks brought to you by letter Kenny shopping center the center of shopping in Donny y'all free parking and shopping all under one roof letter Kenny shopping center bringing you the time at 22 minutes past 11 now of course you know this whole pandemic thing it's it's it's overbearing and it's dark and it's serious of course but you know at the same time too we are human we have to look for any chinks of light that are there we can't wait that we don't have to mention it hopefully and I get this genuine feeling now a sense that once we move through this situation that we're in at the moment we're going to have to come up with something new that we can't just keep doing this over and over again I think that's where we're going but Connor at the alt bar and clay you've just had enough of to see where it haven't you okay it's just um we can talk to them on say civil service at the moment um so when we leave and drink down we're sort of hearing what the conversations are about and it's just every table with the same thing and um I'll go back a couple of weeks ago there was um a lady and her husband and she was chatting about the C word I wasn't going to call it so I don't have to put any money under the jar no that was going to be I was writing down how many times you said it and then at the end of the interview I was going to make you go and put that exact amount of money in the job but you're too clever for me Connor no I'm trying to catch you so when we're on on here now you're talking that's my job now to try and catch you all right well we'll we'll both try and avoid it but go on you were saying um so I was going and I got chatting with him and just glad he was chatting with me and I could just hear the fear and of course when she was chatting about it and I was like she hadn't about her house in so many months nearly a year and she had me about the door and there was a first time at her house and I really enjoyed it um I don't think she was enjoying it at all because I could hear her voice just chatting about the virus um so myself and Chris were just talking and we said um no we'll do for for about a month see how it goes we'll just have to just put the jar we're blessed with great staff here and I so we rumble met them I know you're at the stage where a second woman was shouting she said the pieces of so we're just going to burn the jar and we're putting money on it and I can't believe how far it's sort of spread like so um no 78 times people have mentioned the word though because you as of the we as of us connecting to you this 156 euro in the jar which is going to the Donegal Hospice by the way maybe people are letting the word slip now to support the Donegal Hospice and and yet you're making the situation worse whilst obviously making it better exactly great it's going to burn of course um my mom passed away a few years ago and she was at the Donegal Hospice so it's it's something very close to my heart so as you know um we're making a money for that charity by doing it so it's like a fun like we've great customers on here and uh you know they're very loyal and there's people just stepping on their pocket and putting money on the jar now so once they know where it's going um but it's just a renavig of it like it's just sort of it's just sort of caught fire now and a lot of people are talking about it but it's it just adds to the conversations and people are talking about all our things even though the conversations are changing they're talking about football that's strange when you talk about it when you're you're in a bar chairman they'll be talking about the weller anymore they're talking about the cringe right and i think yeah they're all talking about the america stuff so it's just nice to see people have their hair done no other jobs and everybody's had a and it's kind of unique to this country you know there are people you know they're coming back from america or portugal or spain and and obviously the entire world's facing the same issues and and obviously there's the same group of people who sort of think we're not and and that conversation goes on but you know they're gonna come after there has to come a point and we try as much as we can on this program to to move past it and talk about other things the only problem is is everything sort of you know you talk about education or you talk about health or you talk about it's very hard not to come back to that but we need to find and move to a space where we can move forward connor because there's lots of other stuff that needs to be talked about as well in a serious setting but also having the crack in a pub setting exactly great you know we come up with all the lines aren't from your brother brother life or work schedule and you know that's just like as soon as you turn on the phone in the morning you know what you see and we turn on the news or the radio that's that's all on your face all up and like so we're just trying to make that safe haven where people come on or two years and just and just talk about what they don't do we can talk about work talk about other things and just sort of trying to be stressful a little because we all know that it's that is very stressful and just for that or two that you're not talking about it won't help it won't help everybody just not talking about it because yeah we have the founder of already but yeah and get back to get back to talking to each other about how we each other are as well you know how are you how am I you know well that's a big thing that I think it's it's went on notice like it's we all know the fact that the virus has had on people but it's just like you might look over people can't do somebody and you know they're not themselves and you're saying you're right no you don't see enough of that and I think if you if you worry about hours nine more I'm just sure to ask them if you need anything um look I'm going on the toilet or maybe you can't do things and this would be a very very type of year that a lot of people would do that I don't know that's no you wouldn't notice people are very generous and um there's no problem asking people if they're eating stuff and that's what I love about I'm here in this area let's see what's you're a hundred cent right there all right good stuff as you say you know it's a bit lighthearted uh you have caught some people out I've seen some videos of of of uh cancers in fact being caught out I believe but all the while it we've got a we've got out a local coin for here now it was good it wouldn't be very uh the government these parking lots it was very nice about did anything else come out any any cobwebs any moths or anything else come out it was funny somebody wrote up on the chat and I'm surprised he doesn't pay us a check I don't know the ins and outs of that but anyway listen Connor um continued success at the out bar hopefully now he's will be able to open uh for for more especially in January uh hours that are more reflective of the situation soon but anyway we appreciate you coming on 156 euro already raised for Donagull hospice but it's a nice breaker I think it's nice if people come in and like the people you talked of they're a bit nervous it gets the conversation on to something else and shows that there is life going on and should go on as well as we deal with that we appreciate your time Connor and and uh continued success for you and all at the out bar and clay great thanks for my little thanks for your claim fair play and I don't think either of us should be punished I think we both avoided it thank you very much indeed that is Connor there 086 60 25000 I don't think it's a bad idea at all albeit uh uh you know um it is lighthearted there's there's something to it as well uh the new now dot number apparently now has been sent to Google uh and is being reviewed by them so that's uh thank you very much that's someone involved with tech there that advised us of that I can't believe that nephra to trying to make vaccinations compulsory that's against our rights listen to not trying to make vaccinations compulsory they're discussing it uh they're discussing it so there's a position on it should have been done by now there is no appetite for this I think there'd be a revolt if it did it would slap the 94 and a half percent of people who did it voluntarily across the face and it would obviously impact on those that have decided to that they don't want to or they can't you know you can't make people do something like this a medical intervention I think that's generally what the general population think I think really one newspaper has said it's up for discussion it doesn't mean it's going to happen and I don't think there's any appetite for it uh within nephra either but presumably it's something that has to be uh discussed so there's a position on it but I can understand people's anger this texture is furious and can't believe nephra are even considering mandatory vaccine I think it's pure evil I believe people should have a choice over their own bodies and people can have medical reasons other reasons not to get it I think it's time people started rioting up the doll well you know the riots up the doll end up just being um you know a load of people gathered and then a few of the familiar faces saying the same thing on stage and nothing ever sort of I'm not criticizing that by the way but um uh that that doesn't seem to be uh I don't think riots would would help uh to be honest with you uh good to hear guardian catching more drivers who are under the influence of drinking drugs however how many are actually are convicted at this of this offense sadly I suspect more than a few escaped court appearances after favours from the usual connections are granted uh call us as I had a positive antigen test on Tuesday I rang for a PCR from a GP on Wednesday morning as I could get nothing booked online still have no nothing I rang again this morning the GP reception told me that I would have been missed and it's happening a lot listen the bottom line is is right they can test something like um what what is the figure they can test around 40 000 people a day I think it is um it's probably about 45 50 000 at the max they can test a day and there's about 150 000 people per day looking for tests so listen two out of three people probably aren't ever going to get a PCR test the antigen test can be used to get yourself on a positive antigen test can be used to get yourself on the the the um the payment and stuff but look there's lots of people two into three into one is simply not going to go uh if Nefert think they're bringing in mandatory vaccinations in Ireland that's the end of the rights time for people to take the streets as I say I am of the opinion uh that that's newspaper reports uh remember there was a a report from page newspaper you still see it from times time Stephen Donnelly made some remarks like war on the unvaccinated or something he never said that but it was interpreted by the headline writer as if he had said that and then it was like the government has a war on the unvaccinated some might still feel that to be the case but those words were never uttered it was just a newspaper article and that's the same thing today there's one paragraph in a newspaper saying it's been discussed and then they're on to other things but anyway I can understand and get people's anguish and frustrations to those proposals and as you say we're getting the texts in and we're reading them out the 9 till noon show brought to you by Kelly's Toyota Port Road Letter Kenny stockists of a wide range of used passenger and commercial vehicles Inish Fitness Dunlow is offering a free fitness plan a tailor to you with every six or 12 month membership purchased in January call in to Inish Fitness Dunlow to find out more for a healthy start to 2022 check out the great 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work and you want to do something else it can be a daunting enough prospect for many of us I think it's that I think we find it daunting because we get into comfort zones with regard to our careers and I also say to clients that we also need to remember that there's 24 hours in a day and we only work eight of us so we need to put that into perspective but we also when we're in those eight hours should enjoy it so it is something I think and I say to people you should look at every five to seven years at least you know am I happy in the job and it may mean that it's not the industry it could be the company that you're working for or whatever but you should check it so yeah that's where I'm at and then though you have to make sure that you know it might feel like a gamble I mean I think most people would have a you know responsibilities you know bills to pay mortgage pay whatever it might be you know and they don't want a period of time you know in other words if they're handed in their notice and then struggle to actually get a job you know equal certainly in terms of income you know what to do in the year in terms so what's the best way to approach it generally speaking yeah so what I say to people is first of all you need for me there's five pillars like I say for job search and what happens is that you need to to kind of set your stall out so I the first thing is that I say to you you need to to the five pillars are the first one is two together assess and explore so assess where you are how happy are you what's not what's making you unhappy in your job and you need to identify and learn about yourself so that when you decide and make a decision either I'm moving or I'm staying then you have tools to go forward with as in you know what you want and what you don't want from the job and everything is doable so even though you say well I've been in this job for 10 years and will anybody want me everybody you know has transferable skills they've got skills that they can bring to a new employer and also when you break down what seems to be a very daunting task it is all manageable and so the first part as I said is assess and explore so it's assessing yourself and what benefits you're bringing to a potential employer and then exploring the market and finding out within the market and within your skills are there gaps and what do I need to fill the gaps to go forward for the job that I would really like I also say to people this is the hardest part is you know finding out what you want what the market is looking for and marrying those skills together and can you do that on your own or do you need to speak to an expert really because you know you could be inflating your ability or you could be underestimating yourself as well and to be honest with you because it's the fields that I work in I would say you need somebody I think to be honest with you where we are within job search and all this kind of coaching business is where we were 20 years ago with psychotherapists and the Americans and we laughed at them with the therapist couch and now we all know that we need to talk at some level so I kind of say the same about this the other thing that I absolutely find with people is that they completely underestimate themselves and and we as an Irish nation find it hard to sell ourselves well because you say we are we have to do but we can be conditioned to that because you know exactly but also your employer for example you know if you've gone for a pay rise or something you know they might end up making you feel that you know you should be lucky you're getting what you're getting and you should be lucky that we take you on because you know where the old you know so you know that can reinforce any sort of negative feelings you might have about yourself because that's every time an employer praises you or says you do a good job they're opening the the office door for a pay rise request if there isn't you know a schedule in place true but we also have a responsibility to us to value ourselves when I start working with the client and they have to start doing this as as an explorer they find it really difficult but at the end of it they go oh my god I never saw all the things that I have plus also they begin a narrative when you sit working with me that the narrative change it's all I can't really do that well no you may not be able to do that but you have an appendix or you really enjoy learning so that can be taught to you but something that you have innate in you which is excellent customer service are always people dealing with people with respect that is something that you know no company can can train on so if that's innate in your personality that's really valuable say there is about seeing those things and then also too though if I do see a gap right do I fill that gap with training myself for something or a cause or would an employer fill that gap would they not see that as a problem if I could demonstrate in other areas how quick I am to learn and to adapt again that might be something that might make me nervous about trying something new yeah exactly and it's about analyzing that and that's what we do when I you know when I work with people if they want to do the CV and the interview skills we'll say it's about matching the job specs and then if there are gaps you then have to make a calculated decision is this something that you think that the employer is going to be happy to retrain or to provide training for because they're getting the respect or the other things that are innate in you that don't cost anything but mean the world so that you kind of have to marry all the bits together when you're identifying jobs to go for before we get on to the other pillars then I mean is there an answer to should you be looking for alternatives while you're in work or do you pack in your work and put yourself under that pressure you know and motivate yourself to seek that alternative whilst you're between jobs you know is there a right answer to that or does it depend on circumstances there isn't a right answer Greg in one way I would always say it's easier to find work when you are in work but I think the other part of it is that if you've been made redundant and you have no choice I don't want you to think that it's all lost either because it isn't yeah and there are ways to do things if you can imagine that you know I always say to people step into the employer shoes because this process is all about the employer it is not about the person interviewing and you know if they see that you're out of work and it wasn't through your own fault but you're doing things like you're upskilling or you're volunteering that tells the story in itself so there are ways to do things so that and it's also about how you tell the message when you get into the and of course hiring is a tough job whoever's involved in that you're the solution to their problem so if you go in there and fix their problem it's like happy days everyone's a winner here you're a solution and that's what you you need to remember going into the interview it's a two-way process I keep saying to people it's not a firing squad I know there's three people probably interviewing you but it's not a firing squad and it is a two-way process you are interviewing that company as much as they are interviewing you because you're giving them eight hours of your waking day yeah and we need to remember that have you any questions and people probably sit down and don't want to say anything offensive no absolutely that is as important those questions are as important in the interview it tells a story about you but it's also things that you need to get from them before you make the decision as to whether you're going for that job preparation hugely important I presume yeah everything everything for me if I could say three things you know people often say to me what are your top three tips I go preparation preparation preparation you know they are and that's research it's you know it's doing a load of things is the preparation yeah but it's also not to be obvious like you know to sort of know four things about the company or maybe that's important too it's more random than that isn't it presumably it's preparation in all areas yeah it's the preparation in the yes going into the interview because you need to say to the company I value I've researched you I'm not wasting your time here I'm not a tire kicker I am in here because I've seen what I you know seen about you and I've done my research and that's why I'm employing or applying to you for job but it's also researching you know I keep saying to clients how long are you on your iPhone or your iPad for a day and they go three four hours social media well you need to give me an hour you know on this research you need to be out there researching researching the market how much value is you know because you might have applied for a job for 10 years so you don't know what the going ratio and different things are it's also researching looking at jobs out there learning to speak because there is you know job lingo and how you say things well just in case that makes everything easier yeah just in relation to that if someone's been in work for 10 years and they apply for another job you know they might sort of think that the new employer might think there are problem or something's come up or there's disciplinary going on or maybe they've just become lazy and they want something like how do you I mean there's ways to phrase you wanting even after say 10 or 15 years to want to try something else there's correct ways of saying everything and presenting everything I presume absolutely and when I work with people it's I first of all I don't do things like I won't do your CV I never think that's a very good idea people go off and they pay somebody to do their CV when you work with me I do the CV with you I make you fight for every word that's on the page so that you know what inside out and back to front because that's the fodder that you present to a company to ask questions so you need to know what inside out and back to front but equally when you go when you when I get you to plot and think about your interview because that's the ultimate aim all that in the next part of the Assassin Explorer after that is the preparation and there your marketing tools there you're linked in your interview skills and your CV and you're preparing for to get the interview because that's the goal to convince the employer that you're the person who's fit for that job and they reading through anybody's CV things will pop when I'm scanning a CV things will pop into my mind and what you're trying to do in an interview is to allay their fears for anything that might have popped into their mind you go and you address it straight up and you go yeah there was a gap in my CV I went traveling or I took off time to look after family issues so you're addressing it and you're putting a tease but while I was doing the family issues you know I decided I was going to do an excel and ECDL course because I had never done that volunteering or anything yeah and that's for every issue that we think that they might have you have a solution that's all that they're looking for is that wherever the issues are that you have a solution to that problem now implement what's implement yeah implement is it's a doing the starting to apply for the jobs which is doing your boards on social media which is um indy.ie and monster and all of those but the other side um which people sometimes struggle to believe is that a lot of the jobs in this country aren't even advertised they're done through networking or speculation you putting in your CV into a company and they go I know that this person is going on maternity leave or going on you know a year's leave of absence and your CV just happens to land in on the desk at the right time and LinkedIn is massive in this country and globally and it's how everything works so a lot of the time it's getting ahead of the curve you know getting your CV into the people who do the hiring or the recruiting and before they know you know trends that are coming up they know they're going to be taking on somebody and that's that's such an important point there is to identify who is the person that might actually make a decision about you because sometimes people can go try and go straight to the top right and the person that actually might give you that job would never even know your CV ever existed dependent on the system within the company as to things filtered down but you know don't don't think that you can go over people's heads either you have to make sure that you know and sometimes it works the other way it might be that you know somebody in the company yes yes for sure exactly and you say listen would you give me an introduction and then there's a whole other avenue that we can explore there so yeah it's about exploring all the tools and the avenues like LinkedIn all the the new things that have come on now that make it easier to get into companies because what you're trying you need to remember that when they're recruiting it's costing them money they put in an ad they so if you can make their life easier and you present yourself on their desk when they know that there's a job coming up in two months time you've you've just done half of their work for them decision making a lot of this overlaps and some of the decision making processes you've already reflected on but it is one of the pillars there and some of it stands alone tell us about that so when you get into a job search if you if you're doing it you know strategically you're applying to a lot of different places and you'd be amazed at the amount of people clients that I work with who then are left with deciding two jobs and at that stage it connects back then to the assess and explore it's right what were the dealbreakers for me you know what and then you start to see clearly which company is a heads up because people are left with the decisions and I also say because you've networked it's a very small country it's it's a very small world you'd be surprised when you go to move jobs oh yeah I knew such and such and such and such there so you never want to burn bridges either so it's about handling all of that and negotiating there's always a regular room in packages so it's about getting the best deal that's possible for you because remember they're trying to get the best deal that's possible for them and it's as I said it's a two-way process you make need to make sure that you got the best deal possible for you so that's all in the negotiating and making sure that you're picking the right move for you because you may have been in a job for 10 years it's not easy to move jobs as we said at the opening of this discussion yeah so you need to make sure that all the cards are on the table you've done all of the work and then things become clear where are all these jobs that you talk about Greg I just spent a year on job path applying for at least 20 jobs a week and not a single interview to speak of you know that's gonna be a frustration out there another one says all these jobs are for employment advisors and the ilk it's just a numbers game out there but if you dig deep you know there's a communications problem I think uh because for my to that person I would say is the reason why you need to ask why am I not getting interviews is it because my CV if there's there's issues there so are you saying are you saying that could be a case that if you'll meet if you meet 20 problematic people in the one day you might be the problematic person maybe maybe there's something that's a red flag in your own CV or something yeah now if they're working with job path they should have I would have presumed they would have looked at all of that but maybe they're not applying for the right job but they're absolutely the the market has never been as buoyant but I do think it's connecting the people who are looking for jobs with the people that are actually seeking people to work in these jobs there seems to be a huge disconnect there we've recently started your network yeah you know you know somebody in that it's about using that and not just relying on getting in through the avenues of landing on the right desk at the right time with the right ceiling Nicky if people want more information from you how do they get in contact I have a website nickycurrancareerclinic.com or .ie and I'm on Facebook and Instagram under Nicky Kern thank you so much for your time today I appreciate it take care and Nicky Curran there hopefully that was useful to some of you the 9 till noon show with Kelly's Toyosa Port Road Letter Kenny where you can care for your Toyota with a two-year service pack from 299 euro NH Fitness Dunlowe are inviting you to bring a friend for free to a class with the 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