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This is where the rubber meets the road, as the saying goes. Yep—it’s boogie-woogie time.
Start with the no-strings-attached interviews. Informational interviews can be an important way to develop your network and center your job search. In the spirit of multigenerational collaboration, for some insight, I asked my go-to niece, Caitlin, who was a pro at these when she was looking for her first big job after graduate school at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment. Now, she regularly mentors graduating students to help them navigate their careers.
INFORMATIONAL INTERVIEW TIPS
I was taken with Caitlin’s counsel and want to share it with you. It works for job seekers our age too. First, if someone agrees to talk to you, ...
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