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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 | 3m 52s
- Determining Who to Meet With | 2m 45s
- Finding People to Have Informational Interviews With | 2m 35s
- Asking for Introductions | 1m 15s
- Inviting to the Informational Interview | 5m 2s
- Handling Declined Invitations | 1m 24s
- Research before the Meeting | 2m 23s
- Preparing Questions | 1m 50s
- Example Questions | 2m 18s
- Preparing the Agenda | 2m 59s
- Logistics for Meeting Success | 2m 46s
- Book Recommendations | 2m 10s
- Summary | 1m
About the author
Jason Alba is founder of JibberJobber.com, an online relationship manager for professionals to manage their career and job search. Jason is the author of I’m on LinkedIn – Now What??? and coauthor of I’m on Facebook – Now What??? and specializes in helping professionals with career management, network, and personal branding.
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