The Importance Of The Informational Interview

Based of the information gathered during my research about my areas of interest, I decided to do the informational interview with one of the workers in the Region of Peel organization; her name is Lisa Hartley and she is the Analyst Supervisor in the Human Services department. I had the privilege of doing this informational interview with her through my supervisor, as she told me that she is the ideal candidate to give me the necessary information required this assignment, which will also be beneficial towards securing employment at the Region of Peel.

We started off the interview by doing proper introduction and then I thanked her coming giving me the opportunity to interview her. After that, we then proceeded to the interview questions; we went through the first to the last interview questions and the employee gave comprehensive answers to the questions. During this interview, I chose to ask some additional questions first, as I feel it will support the rest of the questions that needed to be asked in this assignment. I asked the employee if the organization hires SSWs she answered yes, the region hires SSWs, SW and Social Services related field with psychology background. The second question I asked her was what title/roles do they secure. She answered that they title/roles they secure are caseworker, community support worker,

It as well helped me to network with people in the field. With this beautiful experience with Lisa Hartley, I have decided to do more informational interviews in the future with the agencies I am interest in securing employment at. This employee created a positive and welcoming environment for me and asked me to feel free to contact her for any future