How Drinking Lattes Landed This Millennial 4 Jobs
Dr. Kyle Elliott, MPA, CHES
Tech Career Coach, Interview Coach, & Trusted Confidant to Silicon Valley’s Top Talent: CaffeinatedKyle.com / Executive Coach: Assemble / Trauma-Informed Career Coaching, Interview Coaching, & Executive Coaching
As a result of drinking copious amounts of soy, sugar-free vanilla lattes, I landed not one, not two, not three, but four jobs. Four!
Okay, it wasn’t just those daily Starbucks trips that resulted in these job offers, but also the informational interviews that accompanied them.
Given the success of these conversations, I’ve become not so low-key obsessed with informational interviews (I was already obsessed with lattes).
5 Steps You Can Take to Turn Informational Interviews Into Jobs
1. Learn how to leverage informational interviews.
Despite the name, informational interviews are not an interview. They are an informational conversation between you and a current employee of the company you are interested in applying to. It’s a free (minus the $5 latte) opportunity to gather ‘insider information’ without the stress of a formal interview.
They are an opportunity to learn about a company before applying, and dramatically increase your chances of getting an interview and a job offer, or four.
The information you gather can then be deployed during your job search. Plus, if a job later opens up at the company — BINGO — you will have a referral source from within.
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This piece was originally published as a SparkVision guest blog on March 6, 2018.
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6 年Thank you Kyle for this amazing article you wrote....#daymade!
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6 年Hi Kyle Elliott, MPA, CHES (Career Coach) ! I'm a student in PR & communication. Not too long ago i started to take LinkedIn seriously and I found it hard. But you and Kathryn LeBlanc made it so much easier and just perfect. I really want to thank you. The Job getting part will come after, but thank you for make it understandable and normal for me not to know. And the tips and knowledge you guys are giving are just amazing. I spend my time on your pages more than on Facebook now( guess it's good ??) So just thank you ?
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