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101 ALS Detective Assignment #4 The Information Interview Due: Wednesday, December 5, 2007 This assignment certainly proved to be a difficult one. It wasn't necessarily that going down to the Career Development Office was difficult, or that any of the individual steps that were needed to acquire an interview were difficult . However, there seem to be several Cornell University graduates that would prefer to be left alone . The first person I e-mailed about an interview got back to me almost immediately. Unfortunately, their response was that he was simply too busy to be interviewed and wished me luck in finding another interview subject . The next person I sent an e-mail to did not respond that week, so I decided calling her office may speed things along . He assistant informed me that she was out of the country and would be for the next two weeks . So I moved on to a third possible person to interview. This woman's name is Pamela Pacht, however her name while she was at Cornell was Pamela Degar . She was a nutritional science major and went on to work in the nutritional studies department at Nestle . I was interested in her when I first saw her career mainly because she works for such a large company, and one I had actually heard of before. So I have no intention of going into nutritional studies, but the fact that she did work for such a prominent company caught my eye. I hope to one day work for a large and well known company, such as nestle, but in the marketing department . I wanted to get a sense of what working for such a widespread company is like. What are the company rituals like? Is it very impersonal or do you get to know the people around you really well? I had many questions along those 1 lines. I e-mailed her and she responded within a few days. It turns out that she lives in the town over from me on long island. So I arranged for us to meet in the Manhasset Public Library over Thanksgiving weekend. I spoke to Mrs. Pacht for a long time and was able to gather a lot of information. She absolutely loved her time here at Cornell. She still feels that her years spent here were the best years of her life. She is now doing exactly what she had planned to do while working at Cornell. I found that very interesting because many people end up someplace they never they'd thought be, but her plans seem to have worked out . She also did not go to graduate school, she managed to get a job at Nestle right after graduating from Cornell. She has been working there for many year, steadily climbing her way up in the company. She says that although she is working for a big company, it doesn't feel as impersonal as one would imagine. The Nestle office she works for has holidays parties and outings similar to those of a smaller company. She has a good working relationship with both the people who work above her and the people who work beneath her. Since I learned a lot about corporate communication this year, I asked her about rituals her office has. She says that generally everyone dresses in business attire to work, however they do have casual Fridays, a tradition that seemed to make her smile . She has been able to maintain both her prominent career and a family life . She has been married for several years and has two young daughters. I found this to be inspiring. I know after college I would like to find a way to do both as well. The fact that she has 2 been able to achieve both goals, of having a career and a family, gave me more hope that I do will be able to do achieve this kind of life. This meeting began as an informative interview and soon became a more relaxed conversation. After the first few questions we just began to just talk about her experience at Cornell, where she lived while she was here, her favorite places to hang out, and many other Ithaca related topics that we could relate on. The interview actually turned out to be a lot of fun. I was also really happy that I got a chance to talk to her . I've been thinking a lot about whether working for a large company would be too formal and impersonal. After hearing about her experiences at Nestle and that she has some very good friends in her office gave me a different perspective on the topic . 3 Dear Mrs. Pacht, Thank you so much for meeting with me last Saturday. It was great getting to talk to you and hearing all you experienced while you where at Cornell. Being able to talk about what it is like working in a large company was also really helpful. I hope all is well with you're family and Happy Holidays! Sincerely, Britta Lampeter 4

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