Informational Interviews
Informational interviewing is one of the most effective networking strategies to help you increase the size of your network, nurture relationships, and share your brand in your industry.
What you'll learn
Networking is one of the most important things you can do for your career, but how and when to network can be confusing. In this course, Informational Interviews, you'll gain the ability to network through informational interviewing. First, you'll explore the preparation before the interview. Next, you'll discover what you do when you're there. Finally, you'll learn what to do after you've finished the interview. When you're finished with this course, you'll have the skills and knowledge of informational interviewing to powerfully ramp up your networking.
Table of contents
- Introduction to Informational Interviews 4m
- Determining Who to Meet With 3m
- Finding People to Have Informational Interviews With 3m
- Asking for Introductions 1m
- Inviting to the Informational Interview 5m
- Handling Declined Invitations 1m
- Research before the Meeting 2m
- Preparing Questions 2m
- Example Questions 2m
- Preparing the Agenda 3m
- Logistics for Meeting Success 3m
- Book Recommendations 2m
- Summary 1m
About the author
Jason Alba has been a Pluralsight Author since 2012, specializing in soft skills and professional development. He started his IT career as an intern developing tools for a robust intranet. He transitioned to an IT manager at another company where his job included web development as well as other IT functions. After an acquisition Jason became VP and then general manager at a newly formed tech company. He founded and manages JibberJobber.com, a CRM for job seekers. Jason has authored three books.... more