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STEPS to Successful Career
Planning
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 | The STEPS model - Implementation
 | How to market yourself
Interviewing
 | The Keys to Interviewing:
Informational Interviewing
How do you find someone to
interview?
| By telephone - call a
business and ask for the name of the person who works in the job or the department in
which you might be interested. Tell that individual you are doing career research
and need additional information in order to make a career decision. Try to make an
appointment to see that person at a mutually convenient time: during working hours,
at the lunch hour, during a break, or during off-work hours. Informational
interviewing is most successful when done in person rather than over the telephone.
Be flexible, and be prepared for "no, thank you".
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| Letter method - obtain the
name of a person you wish to interview and write a letter clearly stating your purpose of
getting together. A letter requesting an informational interview should accomplish
the following: It names the person to
whom you are writing
It tells the person WHY you are writing
It tells the person you are not looking for a job
It keeps the initiative with you
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| Walk-in - "drop
in" on a prospective interviewee whom you have identified as a good resource.
Depending on the type of career research, this may or may not be an effective method of
informational interviewing. For example, if you are researching the auto mechanics
field, you may be welcome on a drop-in basis. On the other hand, most business
professionals prefer appointments. Use your judgement.
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| Referral - call someone you
know, or someone who has been referred to you by a friend, and ask that individual for an
appointment. (Often this is the most successful method.) |
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