Welcome to the Bay Area Career Center's Career Advisor Bank (CAB), an online database of professionals willing to give informational interviews to others about their areas of expertise.

• Learn critical industry, company, and occupational information you can't easily find in print resources.
• Gain contacts to grow your network and clarify your career goals and direction.
• Speak with professionals to discover what inspires people to choose and follow their career dreams.

This CAB is similar to the Career Advisor Network at the former Alumnae Resources/lifeprint. Guidelines for conducting an informational interview, sample questions to ask, an inquiry email and a thank you email are provided.

To Use the CAB:

Search for advisors is based on industry categories (shown at left) or company name. The cost is $30.00 for 2 months or contact with up to 5 selected advisors, whichever occurs first. Click here to sign up on our secure server.

To Be a Volunteer Advisor:

Offer a valuable community service and share your knowledge of your industry, job function, or organization with other professionals investigating your field. Providing informational interviews will enable you to expand your professional network . You will be able to edit your own profile and select the number of informational interviews you are willing to give each month. Users will expect to meet/speak with you at your convenience for no more than 20-30 minutes and will be prepared with a list of questions to ask. They will be informed of the protocol for conducting informational interviews and will understand that this is not intended to be used for seeking a specific job. Click here to become an advisor.