Career Boot Camp a winner

WHILE not as formidable as marine sergeant Hartman, the sadistic drill instructor of Full Metal Jacket fame, career coach John Fitzgerald administered a few of his own home truths at a career boot camp yesterday.

Held at the National College of Ireland in the heart of the once-thriving IFSC, the week-long series of CV clinics, mock interview workshops and networking events attempts to prepare job-seekers for an ever-tightening employment market.

To a packed lecture theatre holding a mainly middle-aged audience, Mr Fitzgerald, the star of recent RTÉ series Career Coach delivered his tips for “rising from redundancy”.