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Co-op Seminar 2: Informational Interview Guide

This 3 sentence summary provides the key details about Assignment #3 from the Co-op Seminar 2 Syllabus document: Students must complete an informational interview with someone working in their major who is not a family member or current employee, asking 10-12 questions about their career field. The assignment requires an outline of the interviewee's career, a summary of the interview highlighting the career field, and a thank you letter. It is due on June 2, 2008 at noon.

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Co-op Seminar 2: Informational Interview Guide

This 3 sentence summary provides the key details about Assignment #3 from the Co-op Seminar 2 Syllabus document: Students must complete an informational interview with someone working in their major who is not a family member or current employee, asking 10-12 questions about their career field. The assignment requires an outline of the interviewee's career, a summary of the interview highlighting the career field, and a thank you letter. It is due on June 2, 2008 at noon.

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Co-op Seminar 2- Syllabus

Assignment # 3

Informational Interview and Thank


You Letter

Due Date: June 2, 2008 at Noon

Contact at least one person ( who is NOT a family member or current


Cincinnati State employee) working in your major. Set up an
appointment with them to learn more about your career field.
Explain that the purpose of your interview is for a course
assignment and that the information will be presented in class.

Your assignment MUST include:

1. Outline of your major/career field and the person interviewed their title
and company name.

2. List of 10-12 interview questions covering item # 3 below.

3. Overview of career field including: interview highlights, job


information, typical day on the job, work environment, stressors and
rewards of position, educational requirements, industry trends &
changes, future job outlook, etc.
4. Your summary & comments on the value & helpfulness of the
information gathered on your career field: Note: you should also
include some “library” research on salary levels, future outlook for jobs,
etc., and these findings should be compared & contrasted with the
“personal” information obtained during the interview.

5. Get the names & contact information of 2 or 3 additional professional


contacts (referrals) in the same career field from the person you
interviewed that you could follow up with in the future (REQUIRED)

6. Attach a copy of the actual Thank You Letter AND Envelope that you
sent to the person( s) interviewed (REQUIRED)

7. Oral presentation (including PowerPoint slideshow) to class (10-12


minutes in length). Notes & visual aides permitted. Students CANNOT
simply read straight from paper or PowerPoint slides!

Assignment must be typewritten, double-spaced, a maximum of 5 pages in


length (including list of questions), 10-12 point size with 1” margins.

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