Most people love to talk about themselves and the work they do — and it is this basic human truth that makes the informational interview possible. In such an interview, an active job seeker, or even a ...

Joining the military has a step-by-step process. You take your ASVAB, complete your physical, meet with a career counselor and, assuming everything is good to go, you move along and take the oath.

If you are not familiar with informational interviewing, you are not alone -- but you are missing a key component of becoming a candidate of interest for open jobs. An informational interview is an ...

Career seekers have long been advised to informational interview: to ask people to describe their career. Informational interviewing has never worked well. Career seekers know they should interview ...

I really hate to mention "informational interviews" during military transition to veterans. I can see you think this sounds so fake. So forced. So freaking awkward. So not military. Yet, what we call ...

I am a sucker for an online personality quiz. They are about as accurate as a newspaper horoscope, but they’re a fun way to reflect on what I already know about myself—or would rather not admit. I was ...

It’s long been recommended that career searchers do informational interviews, that is, ask a person or two what the career is really like. In my clients’ experience, there is a far better way. Here’s ...

In this article, Dr. Daniel J. Eustace draws on his years of experience in industry and academia to explain the Before-During-After (B-D-A) continuum of interview ...

One of the best ways to learn more about a career area of interest is to talk to people who are currently in that field about their experiences and career satisfaction. These conversations are often ...

If you’re thinking about changing careers, or if you’re trying to make decisions about your first career out of school, now is a good time to think about informational interviews. As a working ...

Want to know what a career is really like? Ask someone with first-hand experience. Talking to people about their jobs and asking them for advice and information is called an informational interview.