Informational Interviews - What NOT to do!

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❓❓Are you wondering if industry is an exciting career option? ❓❓ If so, my book 'It's a Game, not a Formula: How to Succeed as a Scientists Working in the Private Sector' will help you figure out if industry is for you! 📘 https://www.amazon.com/Its-Game-Not-Formula-Scientist/dp/1510644164 📘 -- Connect with me -- Find me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidgiltner/ Find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dgiltner32 ► Check out my first book "Turning Science into Things People Need" here: https://amzn.to/2schPlj **** Here’s how you can design an awesome career: http://go.nature.com/2y1NqXQ ---- Informational Interview Mistakes (Informational Interview Do's and Don'ts!) ---- Informational interviews are an important part of your job search. They are a great way to learn about a field you want to work in. As a career coach, I see a lot of flyers from university career centers telling you what you should do. These are often recipe driven and the people who write these up usually make their careers out of being career center people. Many have not actually worked in the environments you want to go work, so they don't see how people actually do these wrong. Well, I have, and I want to tell you four things I've seen people do wrong.