After Thank You Letter
You got called in for an
interview and it went great. You
then got called in for a second interview and it went even better. They
checked
your references. You sent a thank you letter to everyone you met with.
At the
end of your third interview the Vice President of the company he stated
he
would really like to have you as a team member and they will be
contacting you
shortly. It has been over a week and you have heard nothing. Now what
do you
do?
I put together this after thank
you letter section because
this is very common and I can say has happened to me. Everything seemed
in the
bag. What is the best way to follow up with out seeming desperate or
pushy?
There are two things to that you
need to remember in
situations like this. The first is that the world does not revolve
around you.
Some times situations within in companies change over night. Maybe they
where
told because of budgetary reasons that they can’t bring on another
person. Maybe
the recruiter was in a terrible accident and is in the hospital.
Secondly maybe
they changed their mind. It can and does happen. For what ever reason
after the
thank you letter they decided they weren’t that into you.
In this situational you need to
do some professional follow
up. The first being a quick note via email. Hopefully you collected
everyone
that you met with contact information. This email should only be a
couple of
lines. You do not want to seem desperate our pushy. I would just right
something like this.
Hi John Doe,
I hope everything is
going well. My name is Steve Smith and I met with you and Jill Taylor
regarding
the sales position you are currently filling. I want to touch base with
you
briefly to see if I am still in the running for this position? Any feed
back
would be greatly appreciated.
Feel free to contact
me via email at steve@email.com
or phone
(602) 333-5555.
Sincerely,
Steve Smith
I like using
email as the first pass because people are
usually a lot more forthcoming in giving honest feed back. If you do
not
receive a response I would then make a phone call and state what you
did in
your email.
The reality is if you do not hear
back from them in response
to your email and voicemail in a few days it is time to move on. If
they still
had interest they would have responded in some form.
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