“How to have high impact conversations” by Michelle_Hutchinson

I run the 80,000 Hours one-on-one team. We speak to about 1.5k people a year about their careers. Our internal term for these people, which I'll use throughout this post, is 'advisees'. One of the biggest ways we help people is by making introductions to people working in high impact fields (we refer to them internally as 'specialists'). Below is the guidance we give specialists on how to make those introductions worthwhile. Background One of the core things we’re trying to figure out on an advisee call is whether there are other people we know about who could be useful for the person to chat to. People have reported these kinds of introductions to have been surprisingly useful in the past. Sometimes it's very clear what the value of an introduction can be, such as putting a hiring manager in touch with someone who has the profile [...] ---Outline:(00:33) Background(02:33) Tips on how to make the conversations you have more useful--- First published: August 14th, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/eQiSxi3oaxdiM9b24/how-to-have-high-impact-conversations --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.