What should I learn from my job interview research?

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  • Karen Chopra

    Licensed Professional Counselor

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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 isa 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). Shebelongs 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).HerB.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.

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    Host: What should I learn from my job interview research?

    Karen Chopra: The things that you are hoping to learn are, where you are going to fit in, in the company. The more you know about what the company does and the struggle for the company is having or the successes that company has just booked, allows you to determine where you are going to be able to add value to the company.

    The other thing you are looking for is there any bad news, that you need to be asking about. If they have been in merger talks, and those merger talks have failed, you want to ask questions about what their plans are for the future. If the company has had any legal issues or ethical issues, you want to find a way to delicately ask about that too.

    If your boss has been touted as someone who might be tapped for new position inside the government or some place else, you would like to know about that, you might as well ask. Well, I understand that other people are looking at you too, what are your plans for the future. Your boss isn't going to tell you what the plans are, but it let's them know that you know what's going on with the person in the company.

    So what you are looking for is anything that's going to allow you to ask better questions to determine whether this job is a good fit for you before you take it.

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