Tad Mayer
| Jan/11 | Wed | 06:00PM-07:30PM | 5-233 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Are you hesitant to ask for informational interviews because you feel like you’re asking for a favor without offering anything in return? What if you understood what was important to the connector and could offer them something of value? Instead of a one-off meeting, you have the foundation for a partnership. Would that change your motivation to ask for the meeting? Let’s say you’re in a job interview with the hiring manager and you ask, “Beyond the job description for this role, what else is important to you for the team to accomplish?” What if you then demonstrated how you could contribute to their additional aspirations?
Join us for an interactive talk on negotiation and career development. We will focus on understanding what is important to the other person—be it an informational or job interview—and what to do about it. We will discuss how to figure out what interests connectors and decision makers have, how to bring them into the discussion, and how to generate options to fulfill them. We will also look at your own interests and how to get them met. Instead of pleading for an informational interview or a job, this workshop will change the frame to how you and connectors can help each other, and how you can focus on the fit with decision makers for potential jobs.
3 additiona related, in-depth workshops on negotiation during IAP. Please see listing, “Career negotiation 2: Become an expert negotiator to jump-start your job search and career advancement.”
Sponsor(s): SpousesandPartners@mit
Contact: Carly Inkpen, carly.inkpen@gmail.com