BCOR 1030 Chapter 8: Chapter 8 (92-95)
25 Nov 2018
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A focused, structured conversation whose goal is to seek out information from another person. If a student is taking a class to gather info about types of careers and jobs that will e available to them after graduation then that is a career-search information interview. Identify a working professional who holds a position that you fid interesting and that you might like to have one day. Phone the person"s office and schedule an interview. Typically people think that job contacts will come from "strong ties" like family or close friends but in reality majority of our network comes from "weak ties" or friends of our relatives or friends. As the interviewer open the interview by making a positive first impression. Follow the 70:30 ratio rule: the interviewee should talk about. 70% of the time and the interviewer about 30% of the time.
