An informational or networking interview is not intended to help you get a job (that’s an employment interview), rather, it provides an opportunity for you to learn about working in a particular industry and get some “advice” from a professional in the field. Read the three resources related to this topic that I have provided for you: Key Strategies for Networking and Informational Interviews, How to Land and Ace an Informational Interview, and 40 Questions to Ask in a Networking Interview and then complete the following assignment:
1)Set up one informational/networking interview with an employee of your organization with whom you do not work directly. Ideally, he/she should have a significant role in the organization.
2)Draft a list of 10 -15 questions which explore both what that employee does and also their particular career path, using the 40 Questions to Ask in an Informational Interview as your guide. 3)Set up the interview at least two weeks in advance and re-confirm the meeting a few days in advance. 4)Schedule about 20 minutes to 30 minutes for the interview. 5)When you submit the assignment, it should include: a) Your interviewee ’s name (unless confidentiality is a concern) and position at the organization and why you chose him/her for this assignment. b) Your questions and their responses or a summary of their answers. Their responses do not need to be recorded verbatim but should be accurate and thorough in terms of content and details. Your questions should reflect the reading that you have done in the module resources. c) The impact or impression that this interview had on your professional thinking d) Conclude with a summary of the value of informational/networking interviews Interview

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