November 13th 2013, I attended the Public
Relations Development Night sponsored by the Public Relations Society of America
association, the Hudson business lounge, and Big Shoe Network. This event was
valuable to me as a student because it allowed me to practice my interviewing
skills to gain experience. I met with
Alyssa Hintzen, who works for Kohl’s and Allison Kubacki, who works for
Lightburn for my mock interviews. I learned from them to tie my experience back
to the question asked. After the mock interviews, I had the opportunity to
conduct an informational interview with Hannah Thulin, who works for C-K. The purpose of doing this was to gain knowledge on how a information interview works. An informational interview can be crucial to help learn about the
company you are looking into from an employee who works there. During my
informational interview, I asked a lot of questions involving subjects that I
always got mixed answers about from an assortment of individuals in
professional and nonprofessional careers. My questions ranged from appropriate social
media behavior to how do you find a job that is the best fit for you. Overall
I learned from my mock interviews and informational interviews to put my best
foot forward and to express my experience back to most questions asked of me. I
also feel this opportunity gave me a little more confidence when I go to my
next interview.
