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.

An informational interview is an informal conversation with someone in your company, industry or even outside of your industry that gives you a chance to learn about that person's work and field.

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Caroline Castrillon covers career, entrepreneurship and women at work. Anyone looking for a job must be willing to network. But ...

Informational interviewing gets short shrift from candidates for this very reason — they feel that calling contacts and asking for appointments to gain information is a sham, because what they ...

As they head into the new year, many people set resolutions to land a new job. In addition to updating your résumé, optimizing your LinkedIn profile and brushing up on your interview skills, you’ll ...