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informational interview  

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  • To find the best employees, companies and organizations conduct time-intensive and costly recruiting activities resulting in numerous interviews with multiple candidates to fill just one vacancy. The interview process, from the employer's perspective, is to find the best-qualified candidate who has the right match for the job and the company. [Source: Encyclopedia of Career Development; Informational Interview]

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