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 ...

Are you contemplating an executive-level career change? Are you simply curious about the scope and competencies entailed by a particular leadership position? What if I could give you inside ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Caroline Ceniza-Levine is a career expert, executive coach and speaker A former colleague hears you’re on the job market and ...

If you are not familiar with informational interviewing, you are not alone -- but you are missing a key component of becoming a candidate of interest for open jobs. An informational interview is an ...

Want to know what a career is really like? Ask someone with first-hand experience. Talking to people about their jobs and asking them for advice and information is called an informational interview.

Most people love to talk about themselves and the work they do -- and it is this basic human truth that makes the informational interview possible. In such an interview, an active job seeker, or even ...

It’s long been recommended that career searchers do informational interviews, that is, ask a person or two what the career is really like. In my clients’ experience, there is a far better way. Here’s ...

Q. I just finished internship 4.0, and I’m looking for my first job after graduating from journalism school. Now I am regularly wondering all kinds of questions about the job hunt, so thank you so ...

NAIROBI, KENYA: There are many types of interviews. They include screening interviews, group interviews and behavioural interviews. An informational interview or informational conversation is a ...

One of the best ways to learn more about a career area of interest is to talk to people who are currently in that field about their experiences and career satisfaction. These conversations are often ...

Q: I’ve been working as a reporter at a 48,000-circulation daily in the South for two years. It’s the first paper I’ve worked at and I love it here, but I’ll be moving with my soon-to-be husband to ...