Source: (Informational Interviewing. The University of Chicago. https://voices.uchicago.edu/ssdmacareers/career-exploration/informational-interviewing/) What are they? According to The University of Chicago, an informational interview is a brief, informal conversation with someone working in a career pathway, organization or industry that interests you who is willing to give you information and advice. Informational interviewing is an effective research tool to acquire a lot … Read More
Job Searching Through Your Network: The least likely person may be the best person in your quest!
Job searching has always been a tough task – even before the pandemic. Now that most of the world’s economy has shut down, businesses both big and small are forced to discover new means of survival. Loss of jobs and even the skeletal workforce took a huge toll on a majority of workers. By networking strategically through our close and … Read More
A Positive Job Search Attitude – Having a Growth Mindset
It can be easy to get discouraged and frustrated when you’re a jobseeker during a pandemic. In fact, it’s even easier to do so when you were looking for a job even before the pandemic hit. To those who lost their jobs during the pandemic, it’s a different story. Having something you worked very hard for all those years being … Read More