As far as career coaches go, I'm pretty unconventional. As in, I don't care much about the things that "career experts" usually tend to obsess about.

I'm not interested in helping you write the perfect résumé or the most professional-sounding cover letter. (I'd much prefer that you reveal your humanity and personality throughout all phases of the application process, rather than sound like a highly skilled robot.)

I don't believe in "best practices" when it comes to job searching. (I don't care what worked for someone else. I care what's going to work — and feel good along the way — to YOU.)

I have zero interest in writing "listicles" about "The 5 smartest job search strategies" or "7 interview tips you NEED to know." (Yawn … aren't there enough of those online already? I'm not here to add to the overwhelm.)

But there is one aspect of traditional career advice that I can fully get on board with: the informational interview. Although I may not like them for the reasons you think…

In this week's blog I (Kristen) am sharing why I'm such a fan of informational interviews, plus how to get the most out of them.

LET'S ALL BREAK OUR PHONE ADDICTIONS, TOGETHER

Did you know that the average person thinks they're LESS addicted to their phone than everyone around them, even though the average person is actually touching their phone over 2,000 times a day? Yes, you read that right. TWO THOUSAND.

So, to help break us our phone addictions, we sat down with Kristen Kalp, a poet, writer, coach, empath, introvert, and most importantly, person-who-has-somehow-managed-to-only-be-on-her-phone-for-an-hour-per-day.

If you'd like to join the two of us in doing Kristen's 21-day email-based course all about breaking your phone habit, you can sign up here! It starts on June 11th.

Full disclosure, Kristen asked us if we'd like to be an affiliate of her program, and we said yes! So we may receive a portion of proceeds if you sign up for her course. But, in typical Krachel fashion, we only endorse things we personally love and are doing ourselves. This is one of those things!

LINKS

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