Business Career Planning

Strategic Business Career Planning

Spring 2014

Capstone Project: X 420 Informational Interview Instructions

• Identify 2 possible subjects for Informational Interview from the LinkedIn group that you joined, or from personal contacts. (the person you choose must have some relationship with business, you can make up the relationship between me and the person you choose, but these person and their information on LinkedIn must be true, and later, I will give you continuous work to write the interview content with the person you choose)Please create two separate Word documents for each of the two contacts with the following information included in each document:  (75 points for 2 documents containing all of the following information for each contact)
• The format for this assignment should be
  1. …………..
  2. ……………
  3. ……………
  4. ………………………….

1. The contact’s name, title, company, email address and/or LinkedIn profile address and phone number if available. Please note that the person(s) you choose to interview should be chosen for their industry knowledge, and not merely personal convenience.
2. Write a paragraph stating your rationale for conducting an informational interview with each person (his/her career path, industry, company, etc.)
3. List two sources that you will use to research the industry, company or position of each interviewee.
4. Write a list of 10 questions that you would like to ask each person in an informational interview. Although some general questions may be similar, a duplicate set of questions for each contact will result in point reduction. These questions should be professional, show research, and meet the guidelines of conducting an informational interview.
5. Write an email or telephone script, in a short paragraph, stating what you plan to say to request an informational interview from each person, including dates and times to meet or get in touch.

DO NOT contact either choice until you receive feedback on Phase I of this assignment from your Lab Leader and your peer group reviews.

 Some information for later assignment I will ask you to write ( not for this time):

• Please contact one of your informational interview subjects as soon as you receive feedback from your Lab Leader and peer reviewers After the interview, please complete the following:
  1. Write a summary of each of the ten questions you asked and the answers given by the subject (25 points).
  2. Write at least a two-page, 12 point font, double-spaced summary of your interview experience, including ways that this experience will assist you in your career and job search, what you learned from the interview, and how you plan to keep in touch with your new networking contact (50 points).
  3. Create a Powerpoint presentation detailing your informational interview experience visually. Include details about your research, the subject you interviewed, and his/her company and industry.  Focus specifically on ways that this experience will assist you in your job search and/or industry knowledge.  Please cite at least three resources that you used to research this project (50 points).

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