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…]

Informational interviews are a great job search networking tactic. You can gain useful industry and company insights. More crucially, you can build relationships that may lead to being referred to hiring managers.

How can you keep in touch and continue the relationship (without being perceived as a pest)?

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In a previous post I discussed why it’s a great thing to do: because it can lead to opportunities and offers as well relationships and information. You may also want to read my post about the three very different types of informational interviews. In this post I’ll tell you how to conduct these meetings in [continue reading…]

This is the true story of how Dan, a self-described introvert, did three info interviews a week, landed a six-figure job he loves – and even had fun doing it.

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Please excuse the wacky title, but I had to get your attention. Info interviews are a seriously underrated, underused tool for anyone who’s looking for a job. An informational is not a job interview. While it may be true that one out of 12 informational interviews results in a job offer, focusing on that possibility [continue reading…]