Informational Interview Report

Share a brief summary of the interview you conducted. Include the nonprofit agency’s name and a brief description of the agency’s services.

I conducted my informational interview on September 20, 2017 with an Ohio University graduate, Christopher Nason. Mr. Nason graduated with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. He currently is a member of a reverse engineering team at the Defense Logistics Agency which is part of the Federal Government Department of Defense. The company provides replacement parts and equipment for the United States’ Armed Forces. Chris’s job involves analyzing designs or schematics of older parts still used by the military. Since this piece may no longer be manufactured commercially, Chris’s team analyzes the data in order to identify the items so that they can be reproduced internally. His position involve a lot of research and project management.

S is a 59 year old African-American female born and raised in Anson County who has attended several institutes of higher learning. After earning a Bachelor of Science in Secretarial Administration from Barber-Scotia College, she later received special education teaching licensure from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Because of her love for learning, S has also taken online classes through the University of Phoenix. She has been a secondary special education teacher for three years and currently works with 8th graders at Anson Middle School.

For interview I was fortunate enough to speak with Tonia Dudley who is an Information Security Risk Reporting and Awareness Analyst at Charles Schwab in Chandler, Arizona. She was very happy to share her wealth of knowledge with me and I came away with multiple resources for more information and a greater understanding of the job itself. Not only did I ask questions about her current position, but I also wanted to know about her prior experience and schooling that qualified her for the job.

For my informational interview I interviewed Hasty Elementary School Counselor Candace Thurman. Mrs. Thurman earned her B.A. in Psychology from Salem College and a MA Ed.S in Mental Health Counseling from Gardner Webb University. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed School Counselor. Her maternal grandfather suffered from mental illness and was homeless. Seeing the impact his condition had on him as well as her family compelled her to choose a career in mental health. Mrs. Thurman worked in the middle school setting for 11 years. This year is her first year in an elementary school.

As I was growing up I never thought about going to college, I came to the United States unaware of what an S.O.L, the SAT, honors, AP and DE classes were. I didn’t know anything about this. There was only one college I knew and that was James Madison University because it was everywhere in the city. When I was a freshman, history was my favorite subject it was just so fun to learn about the history of each country. When it was parent conference day my teacher told my mom that since i’m so good in history I can take World History History 2 honors. I didn’t know what an honors class was at that time but it sounded good so I decided to give it a try. I can’t explain why I choose Avid because actually I got into this class without knowing what Avid was, but I’m glad I applied and had been with this class

For this informational interview assignment, I interviewed Adam Kohlmeier who is the self-employed investor who currently working on entering the real estate business. When I started looking in to who I should interview for this assignment I decided to ask some friends and people around me if they knew anybody who was a businessman with a financial aspect and I got back a lot of names and one of the names that showed up a couple times was Mr. Kohlmeier. The people that mentioned him all have gone to him for financial advice or just to talk about the stock market. Reaching out to Mr. Kohlmeier not sure what to expect but he graciously excepted the interview and along the way he gave me some great information about business, investing and what are some of the things it takes to be successful when you work for yourself.

Samere interviewed with Detective Walton. Samere attends Reeceville elementary school. Samere discussed different activities he enjoyed doing at school like gym and recess. Samere talked about safety and who he feels safe around. Samere felt that he could go to his brother (Martice) or his aunt (Carmen Jacks) if he was in any danger.

Using the interview guide, we interviewed Larissa, a Personal Support Worker (PSW) who works at Gary J. Armstrong (Gary J). Larissa has been working as a PSW for close to two decades and was able to provided valuable insight into her discipline. During the interview, Larissa discussed her role as PSW at Gary J and outlined the knowledge and skills required for her practice.

As an Accounting major, I am very interested and have become fond of learning about the varying business aspects within the sports industry. As a result, I decided to conduct my interview with a professional that is associated with the business operations of athletics. The person that I interviewed was Dawn Reynolds, the Senior Associate Athletic Director for Business and Finance here at the University of Miami. After initially getting in contact with Ms. Reynolds a few weeks ago, I was finally able to meet with her briefly and conduct my interview on November 30, 2010, in room 261 in the Hecht Athletics Center. Just to give a bit of background information about Ms. Reynolds, she is from Elmira, New York and now

Hello, Mrs.Nottingham I am Jesus Bustillos I used to be a student of yours when I was at Sunset. I am now an 8th grader at Chislom Middle School. I was wondering if you wanted to be interviewed for a project that I am doing in my pride time class. If you are I well need a date and time that I could interview you. This interview well also be sent to the Folklife Center of Liberty of

Being a junior student, is easy to ask me where I want to work at, what kind of career path I want to go. In realist, I have no idea how to become the person that I want to be. However, thanks to the Informal Interview this assignment, I meet Rachel Hua, she is Revenue accountant at Lanyon Solution, Inc. She has been in the company for two years, and recently she has successfully pass the CPA exam in one time within a year. Rachel had graduate in UTD with master degree two years ago; thus, her experience is very useful for me. Before the interview, I know Rachel from a friend of mine, I was very grateful to have her as my professional in this interview; when we meet at Starbucks for the interview, she was very polite, and she said she is very enjoy the chance to share her experience with people. Throughout the interview, I learned an abundance

The type of questions a counselor can approach Carl about in regards to eliminating or confirming criteria of the suspected diagnosis would be:

I am a senior in the department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences at Texas A&M University. Taking Financing and Marketing Recreation, Park and Tourism Services class with Dr. Crompton, where I am required to interview a senior manager in my field of interest. Interested in doing advocacy work for individuals and communities targeted by oppression and sexual exploitation. Your experience in this field has led me to seek your counsel, insight, and experiences.

Conducting interviews is fundamental as a case manager. In order to understand more about good interviewing, I decided to watch an interview about an addict mother conducted by Dr. Phil. While watching this interview, I made some notes on attitudes and characteristics that I considered important for good interviewing. The characteristics will be presented in the following paragraphs.