Informational Interviews

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Jason Alba

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1. Course Overview

1. Course Overview.mp4

02:07

02. Before the Informational Interview

01. Introduction to Informational Interviews.mp4

03:52

02. Determining Who to Meet With.mp4

02:45

03. Finding People to Have Informational Interviews With.mp4

02:35

04. Asking for Introductions.mp4

01:15

05. Inviting to the Informational Interview.mp4

05:02

06. Handling Declined Invitations.mp4

01:24

07. Research before the Meeting.mp4

02:23

08. Preparing Questions.mp4

01:50

09. Example Questions.mp4

02:18

10. Preparing the Agenda.mp4

02:59

11. Logistics for Meeting Success.mp4

02:46

12. Book Recommendations.mp4

02:10

13. Summary.mp4

01:00

3. During the Informational Interview

1. Your Introduction and First Impressions.mp4

04:34

2. Questions and the Conversation.mp4

02:28

3. Enhancing Your Brand.mp4

04:09

4. When Things Go Wrong.mp4

02:53

5. Wrapping up the Informational Interview.mp4

02:26

6. Summary.mp4

01:08

04. After the Informational Interview

01. Expectations and Hopes.mp4

03:11

02. Nurturing a Long-term Relationship.mp4

02:02

03. A Giving Attitude.mp4

02:48

04. Debriefing after the Meeting.mp4

02:06

05. The First Follow-up.mp4

01:50

06. Future Follow-ups.mp4

01:59

07. Your Personal Newsletter.mp4

03:35

08. Networking on LinkedIn.mp4

02:11

09. Using a Relationship Manager.mp4

03:41

10. Summary.mp4

02:33

Description

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.

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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. He speaks and blogs regularly about soft skills, professional development, and career management. He has a CIS undergraduate and an MBA from Idaho State University.

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Pluralsight, LLC is an American privately held online education company that offers a variety of video training courses for software developers, IT administrators, and creative professionals through its website. Founded in 2004 by Aaron Skonnard, Keith Brown, Fritz Onion, and Bill Williams, the company has its headquarters in Farmington, Utah. As of July 2018, it uses more than 1,400 subject-matter experts as authors, and offers more than 7,000 courses in its catalog. Since first moving its courses online in 2007, the company has expanded, developing a full enterprise platform, and adding skills assessment modules.