Want to know what a career is really like? Ask someone with first-hand experience. Talking to people about their jobs and asking them for advice and information is called an informational interview.

There is ample advice available about how to ace a job interview. Ask about priorities for the job. Show you have a growth mindset. Research both the company and the people you're interviewing with.

With the start of the new year, you may be thinking about making a career change. According to Glassdoor, January is the month employees are most likely to think about changing jobs, likely resulting ...

Career seekers have long been advised to informational interview: to ask people to describe their career. Informational interviewing has never worked well. Career seekers know they should interview ...

An informational interview is an informal conversation with someone in your company, industry or even outside of your industry that gives you a chance to learn about that person's work and field.

Informational interviews can provide a wealth of information and insight if planned appropriately. At the outset, know what you would like to get out of the interview. Use this valuable time to glean ...

You’re on the job search. You’ve done it, I’ve done it: your battle plan consists of applying to every job there ever was, is or will be in any field you have a remote interest in. A successful day is ...

I really hate to mention "informational interviews" during military transition to veterans. I can see you think this sounds so fake. So forced. So freaking awkward. So not military. Yet, what we call ...

“I think I’d like to go into teaching,” states the corporate accountant who has just been downsized. But it has been 25 years since he sat in a high school math classroom, so his dream job bears no ...