W02 Learning Activity: Informational Interviews
Informational interviews are conversations with professionals in your field where you learn more about what they do and the path they followed to get there. They are opportunities for you to connect and network with people. These are not interviews where you apply for or ask for a job.
Instructions
Watch each of the following videos:
Why Conduct an Informational Interview?
This video shares Christopher Galbraith's story of how he landed a job on Wall Street using informational interviews.
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Reaching out for an interview
Learn how to reach out for an informational interview.
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Prepare for an Interview
Learn how to prepare for an informational interview.
This video uses the following resource:
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Conduct an Interview
Learn how to conduct an effective informational interview.
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Follow up after the interview
Learn how to follow up after an informational interview.
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Managing Your Network Contacts
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Using Job Boards
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A Note about LinkedIn Messages
The free version of LinkedIn will only allow you to send a limited amount of personalized messages with your invitations each month. You can continue to send invitations to connect to more people, but you won't be able to send a personalized message with them.
However, in many cases, it will allow you to send a message to someone after sending an invitation to connect, even if that person hasn't accepted your connection request yet. So you might try sending an invitation and then sending a message right after that explains who you are and why you would like to connect.
Submission
After you have finished this learning activity, return to Canvas and submit the associated quiz there.
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