Informational Interviewing: An Excellent Way to Enhance Your Career Search

This talk provides an overview of informational interviewing and its important role in the career search process. Learn how to identify the right people to connect with, structure meaningful conversations, and ask thoughtful questions that yield valuable insights for your career decisions. Led by Lauren Celano, the session will also cover best practices for following up to build lasting relationships and keep conversations going. Discover how informational interviewing can help uncover opportunities that are not visible on LinkedIn.

More about the speaker

Lauren Celano is the co-founder and CEO of Propel Careers, a life science search and career development firm and is also the co-founder of the Propelling Careers podcast. She has recruited for more than 60 innovative life sciences organizations and has coached thousands of students, postdocs, medical residents and professionals to advance their careers since co-founding Propel in 2009. Lauren presents often on career development topics to inspire the next generation of talent. Before Propel, she spent about 10 years in life sciences advancing drug molecules through SNBL USA, Aptuit, Quintiles, and Absorption Systems. She has a B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Gettysburg College and an MBA (focused in the health sector and entrepreneurship) from Boston University. She serves / has served on Boards including: the National Tay-Sachs & Allied Diseases Association (member since 2020); MassBioEd (Chair 2023-2025, Vice Chair 2020-2022; Member 2014-2025) and MassBio (member, 2023-2025) and Advisory Boards such as New England Graduate Women in Science.

Date and Time:
May 19, 2026
6:00-7:30 PM

Location:

M&T Bank, 115 Federal St., Floor 18, Cafe, Boston, 02110

Cost:
Members: $0; Non-Members: $10
Reduced cost thanks to a grant from M&T Bank

Given our mission is to promote women's development in STEM we would like to offer a free spot in our workshops to those in transition between jobs or who cannot afford the ticket price. Please contact [email protected] if you qualify.