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Job Description - What is your job title?
- What is a typical day on the job like for you?
- What percent of your time do you spend each day in various activities of your work?
- What is the title of the person that you report to?
- How free are you to do your work as you want to?
- Where are you located in a normal working day?
- What types of problems are you likely to face in a day's time?
- What are the most satisfying and the most frustrating parts of your work?
Advancement - How did you get to your current position?
- What are the trends and developments in the field that you see affecting careers in the future?
Preparation - How did you prepare for this occupation?
- What do you recommend for a person entering this occupation?
- What education/degrees/training/licenses are required?
- What are the best places to go for additional education or training for a position like yours?
- If you could start all over again in launching you career, what steps would you take?
- What courses do you recommend should be taken for this occupation?
Lifestyle - What hours do you normally work?
- Is overtime common?
- In what ways is travel a factor in this job?
- What are the professional organizations in this field?
- How do these organizations serve their members?
- What are pressures that you contend with?
- How does this occupation affect your private life?
- What other things are expected of you outside of working hours?
- Is there a formal mentor program set up in your workplace?
- Who was/is your mentor?
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