When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...

“Are informational interviews not a thing anymore?” a reader asked me last week. “I’ve reached out to a few friends of friends about these, but I must be going about it in the wrong way, because I ...

Two of the best ways to gather real-world information about your chosen field are informational interviews and job shadows. Informational interviews are just what they sound like: interviewing a ...

Landing an informational interview is exciting. Maybe this is someone you’ve always admired, maybe it’s someone you met in college, or maybe it’s just someone who is already in the industry you’re ...

Once or twice a year, I get an email from a young person, usually a college student or recent graduate, inviting me to get coffee to talk about my experiences in journalism. Sometimes they even put ...

Before seeking employment in a particular company or industry, it's a good idea to find out as many relevant details as possible about what the job entails. Informational interviews are useful in this ...

Informational interviews are candid, informal career conversations with professionals working in interesting jobs. But you probably already know that. A Google search for “informational interview” ...

Informational interviews can be extremely beneficial ways to build contacts in your industry, uncover hidden job markets, and learn more about the hiring process. In order to get all the advice you ...

Katie Shives is a PhD candidate in Microbiology at the University of Colorado. During her free time she writes about microbiology-related topics at kdshives.com and on Twitter @KDShives. One of the ...