Networking & Informational Interviews

How to Master the Initial Networking Email [INFOGRAPHIC]

Networking is a key aspect of paving your career path, and building new connections takes time and careful planning. Learning how to write a professional, engaging networking email is the first step to successfully growing your network. Check out the …

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How to Increase Your Networking Email Response Rate

For many people, networking can be harder than interviewing. You might not know whom to reach out to, how to reach out, or why people aren't responding to your networking emails and requests. This can be very disheartening, especially when …

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The One Interview Question you ARE ALWAYS Going to be Asked

Interviews can be fun if you take the time to prepare and plan for both a) the potential questions you can guess an interviewer will have for you, and b) what key messages you want to leave them with so …

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10 Podcasts Every MBA Student Needs to Listen To

These days, it seems like you're either a podcast person, or you're not a podcast person. If you are (or you're trying to be), you know that the sheer number of options is kind of mind-boggling. Everybody has a podcast, …

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The Power of the Informational Interview

An informational interview is a meeting in which a job seeker asks for first-hand career, industry or company information and advice rather than ask about job leads or job openings. Scheduling and holding in-person informational interviews should be at, or …

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