What should I do if I'm asked to travel out of town for an interview?
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Karen James Chopra, LPC, MCC, NCC, has been counseling career clients since 1999 and has helped hundreds of clients change careers, find new jobs and deal more effectively with workplace challenges.
In addition to her private practice, she has worked for two national corporate outplacement firms: Lee Hecht Harrison and Resource Careers. These are the organizations that help people who have experienced a layoff or downsizing to find new jobs, and their programs are usually considered the gold-standard of job search technique.
Ms Chopra is a regular presenter on career issues, having taught career theory at the graduate level, designed and delivered numerous workshops, and served as a regular guest commentator on WMAL’s career radio show “Your Career Life.”
She is a career-changer herself. Before entering the counseling field, she worked for nearly a decade as a trade negotiator for the United States Government, first at the Department of Commerce and then at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
Ms. Chopra holds a number of relevant licenses and certifications: licensed professional counselor (LPC) in the District of Columbia; Master Career Counselor (MCC), a designation of the National Career Development Association (NCDA); and National Certified Counselor (NCC), a designation of the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC). She belongs to all of the relevant national and local associations involved in career counseling, including the American Counseling Association (ACA), the National Employment Counselors Association (NECA), the National Career Development Association (NCDA) and the Washington Metropolitan Area Career-Life Planning Network (MAC-LPN).
Her B.A. is from the University of Virginia, and she received a masters of science in foreign service from Georgetown University, and a masters in community counseling from George Washington University.
What should I do if I'm asked to travel out of town for an interview?
Host: What should I do if I'm asked to travel out of town for an interview?
Karen Chopra: Normally, if you were being asked to travel for an interview, the company is going to make all the arrangements. They will make your travel arrangements, they will make your hotel arrangements. If you need a rental car, they will take care of that, but don't assume that or ask how the arrangements are going to be made.
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Host: What should I do if I'm asked to travel out of town for an interview?
Karen Chopra: Normally, if you were being asked to travel for an interview, the company is going to make all the arrangements. They will make your travel arrangements, they will make your hotel arrangements. If you need a rental car, they will take care of that, but don't assume that or ask how the arrangements are going to be made. If they ask you to make the arrangements, confirm that they are going to reimburse you. Ask what limits there are, because normally companies have certain limits on how much you can spend on a hotel room, on air fare. But to sit down and ask as many questions as you need to, to make it clear. When did they expect you to be there? How long does it take to get from the airport to the location? What are you going to do if the flight is late? Just be ready for all of those logistical things that can happen when you are traveling from one place to another. But it is quite typical in this day and age for companies to want to bring into their location so that you can meet lots of people. So be ready for that.
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