{"id":423,"date":"2025-02-12T14:16:34","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T19:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/?page_id=423"},"modified":"2025-05-27T10:12:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T14:12:17","slug":"informational-interview-timeline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/informational-interview-timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Informational Interview Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Informational Interview Timeline\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Research Career Fields and Occupations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Identify a field interests you<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conduct research to narrow down your options<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Review info on web-based resources<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Identify Companies and organizations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Research companies and organizations related to your targeted field, to gain a sense of how you can apply your knowledge and skill-set<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Identify People<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Identify professionals in your field: professors, friends, family or people from organizations you\u2019ve researched<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use social media tools like LinkedIn to follow companies and people working your targeted field<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4. Conduct Informational interviews<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Meet with individuals who do jobs you are interested in<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contact may be in person, by phone or online<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You are not asking for a job, but asking about information about working in the field<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">5. Follow up and maintenance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thank those who referred you to networking contacts, granted you an information interview or provided advice.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Find ways to keep in touch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"815\" height=\"775\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/02\/informational_interview_timeline.png\" alt=\"chart\" class=\"wp-image-424\" style=\"width:800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/02\/informational_interview_timeline.png 815w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/02\/informational_interview_timeline-512x487.png 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/02\/informational_interview_timeline-320x304.png 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/02\/informational_interview_timeline-768x730.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Research Career Fields and Occupations 2. Identify Companies and organizations 3. Identify People 4. Conduct Informational interviews 5. 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