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 ...

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 ...

Editor's note: Katie Dunn is founder of the Back to Business Women's Conference, which provides resources for women who want to reenter the workforce after time away. The next conference is Feb. 21 in ...

This blog will explain how to prepare for an informal interview! Imagine this scenario: Following days of persistent cold calling and emailing, you receive a long-awaited response from a professional ...

I really hate to mention "informational interviews" during military transition to veterans. I can see you think this sounds so fake. So forced. So freaking awkward. So not military. Yet, what we call ...

Johnny C. Taylor Jr., a human resources expert, is tackling your questions as part of a series for USA TODAY. Taylor is president and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management, the world's ...