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How can you get a job interview ahead of all the competition? By doing an informational interview with manager before there’s an opening. In my May 18 post, The Informational Interview – It’s Not a Thing! I wrote that there are three different types of informational interviews – the Career Exploration Informational, the Company Insider [continue reading…]
It’s a little-understood but abundantly proven fact: if you’re looking for a job, an intelligently executed campaign of informational interviews typically works faster than applying to jobs online. It has been estimated that one in 12 informational interviews results in a job, making info interviewing the most powerful form of job search networking. The reason [continue reading…]
You’ve heard people say informational interviews are a great thing. Problem is, they aren’t a thing.
Well, not a single thing, anyway. There are at least three different types of informationals. Each is a different animal, with different strategies to get the most benefit from them.
[continue reading...]Rumors of the death of the cover letter have been exaggerated. Cover letters often do make a difference – especially if you give yours advantages like the following. 1: An attention-getting opening. What do you think is the #1 most interesting or impressive thing about you, from the point of view of the employer you’re [continue reading…]
Job search has more in common with the Olympic Games than you might think. Both require a participant to do their best in a high-pressure, competitive situation. And every great athlete knows success is not due purely to physical prowess; mental preparation is huge. A study of Olympic athletes has shown that four key mental [continue reading…]
