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Launch Your Career
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Launch Your Career

by Sean O'Keefe
May 2021
Beginner
240 pages
4h 26m
English
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
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PART 2

The Career Launch Method

This section goes into detail on the eight steps of the Career Launch Method, the process that my students have used for more than a decade for career exploration and to land internships, research positions, and jobs they want. The Career Launch Method shows you how to use career conversations to learn vicariously about career options, build relationships with professionals, and access new opportunities.

My research with professor Barry Posner showed that more than 90% of students who completed career conversations (aka informational interviews) received an internship or research position!1 Other findings also highlight the connection between career conversations and internships, including the following:

Students ...

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