Suzanne Grossman and I are at the beach, having some heart to heart inspirational conversations and informational interviews came up. In spite of the wealth of information out there, it seems like people still have a ton of uncertainties about how to arrange them and what to ask, so I thought I’d share my two
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I was heartened to receive a follow-up email from Nancy Doan, a talented recent college grad from UCLA I met with earlier this summer. Nancy had just had a phone interview for a job she would have wanted and had the sense it didn’t go well. I encouraged her to ask for feedback, per an
That used to be my credo for networking.
I’d go to an event and tell myself, “You just have to stay for 15 minutes and talk to one person.” Then I’d almost hyperventilate and walk into the bar, meeting room or classroom. I’d hang out by the sign-in desk, hoping someone would talk to me. I’d
I feel like I need to re-learn this lesson every week.
We send emails or leave voice messages, fingers crossed, and hope that this is it, the next great job, the next big client, the next contact who will open doors for us. And then we don’t hear back. Life intervenes, we get busy, a few
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The great LYJ post “Help Me Help You” got me thinking about the recent requests I’ve received—both good and bad—for serving as a reference or putting in a good word for a jobseeker. Here are some suggestions for the right approach to tapping into your network for this favor:
Do ask individuals with whom you’ve worked
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This is the number of resumes a small arts nonprofit in NYC received for a current job opening, according to a friend of mine. 900 is the number they received in one day.
I report this not to inspire fear or doom in jobseekers but more as a reminder to applicants that when you apply cold
When Felix Frankfurter, a U.S. Supreme Court Justice from 1939 to 1962, was asked how he became successful, he is said to have replied that it was “luck.” Similarly, Sandra Day O’Connor, the first female justice appointed to the Supreme Court, averred that her appointment to the bench was a “classic example of being the
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