Keep track of the info interviews you do. At first, you’ll feel like you can keep it all in your head, but especially if you’re looking for a bigger change to your career path, the information you take in is going to get very muddy very quickly. I use a simple tracker in Excel, but choose what suits you. Here’s a sample of what to keep track of:
| Who you talked to | Company | Date | Notes | Referrals |
| Mary Ann Smith, marketing director | ABC Textiles | 7/7/20 | Daily tasks: plan events, send out press releases. Write ad copy. Sounds like not a good fit for me because of big deadline pressure. She says to check out PR instead of marketing. | Sue Park, PR at Anderson, Watters, Logan law firm: [email protected] |
| Jake Hobbs | Etc. |
Arrange the info in whatever order makes sense to you, of course. You may also want another list of people or employers you’d really like to get in contact with, and ways you can brainstorm to do it:
| Company/person | Ideas to get in touch | Result |
| Disney HR | *College alumni network
*Mom’s friend Kelly *Social media
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Found contact thru college alumni network. Have reached out and connected; now planning info interview with Casey Johnston, HR manager, for week of 7/16/20 |
