The Power of Informational Interviews Webinar

“The Power of Informational Interviews” was chosen because many students don’t take advantage of meeting professionals to ask questions and network. We asked our Sbona Honors class, “How many of you have done an informational interview?” Only a few people raised their hands. San Jose State University has over 27,000 undergraduate students, and 28.3% of them are first-generation students (Data USA). Our target audience for this event was first-generation and minority SJSU students. First-generation students job search on their own and lack access to professional resources. We compete for jobs against Stanford University, Santa Clara University, and UC Berkeley students. We wanted to answer: how can SJSU students increase our social capital and compete for the same jobs?