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How to follow up without stalking
From the course: Writing a Resume
How to follow up without stalking
- You believe you just had an excellent interview and you are nervously waiting to hear from your future employer. You realize you have to wait at least 24 hours, or is it 48 hours? How long is too long? When can you follow up? Should you follow up? What do you say? To help you avoid being categorized as overeager or as showing stalker tendencies, remember there is a fine line between a professional followup and being placed on someone's do not call list. Recruiters are notorious for not returning calls, but there is a valid and obvious reason for this. They have hundreds of nervous applicants that want to know the status of their application, their interview, or their job offer. I would have an excess of 20 voicemail messages each day because applicants would call while I was in an interview, or while I was on the phone with an employer or another candidate. I would attempt to return the call of every person who…
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