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Follow-up

Whenever you make contacts in your job search, it is key to reconnect with them soon afterward in order to keep you in their minds. Basically, the purpose of follow-up is:

to influence decision makers and influencers
to show ability and excitement
to reassure the hiring manager
to make it hard for them to reject you

Follow-Up Letter or Email

Within one or two days (at most) of meeting someone regarding a job opening or future opportunity, be sure to write a follow up letter or email.

thank the person for meeting with you
reiterate why they should hire you or use your services
include some skill or point from the interview that you want to elaborate on
deal with any issue that came up in the interview or meeting
remind the person you are still interested

Be sure to keep them informed of your status periodically and do not stop communicating with them even after you are employed. The key is to build up a relationship that you can nurture and utilize over time.

After you've sent your follow up message, you may call the hiring manager again a week or two later. As one NACTEL graduate relates, he found his new job by "dogging the HR guy until he found me a job. They were hiring anyway, but I got a job and my less aggressive contemporaries are collecting unemployment." It pays to be aggressive and to follow up with the company.

If someone else is chosen for the position, you should continue to follow up. Write to say you were disappointed that the position was filled, but you hope they will consider you for future opportunities or if this new employee does not work out. If you felt comfortable with the hiring manager, you might call them to get some feedback about why they did not choose you.

Timely and assertive follow up can make the difference between getting the job, or not.

Wendleton, Kate: Through the Brick Wall
Wendleton, Kate: Job-Search Secrets That Have Helped Thousands of Members.


Resources How to Select a Provider How to Get the Job • Tech Resume • Partner Employers • Job Links • Job Hunting 101 • Ace the Interview • Follow-up Associations			Resources - How to Get the Job - Follow-up Whenever you make contacts in your job search, it is key to reconnect with them soon afterward in order to keep you in their minds. Basically, the purpose of follow-up is: to influence decision makers and influencers to show ability and excitement to reassure the hiring manager to make it hard for them to reject you Follow-Up Letter or Email Within one or two days (at most) of meeting someone regarding a job opening or future opportunity, be sure to write a follow up letter or email. thank the person for meeting with you reiterate why they should hire you or use your services include some skill or point from the interview that you want to elaborate on deal with any issue that came up in the interview or meeting remind the person you are still interested Be sure to keep them informed of your status periodically and do not stop communicating with them even after you are employed. The key is to build up a relationship that you can nurture and utilize over time. After you've sent your follow up message, you may call the hiring manager again a week or two later. As one NACTEL graduate relates, he found his new job by "dogging the HR guy until he found me a job. They were hiring anyway, but I got a job and my less aggressive contemporaries are collecting unemployment." It pays to be aggressive and to follow up with the company. If someone else is chosen for the position, you should continue to follow up. Write to say you were disappointed that the position was filled, but you hope they will consider you for future opportunities or if this new employee does not work out. If you felt comfortable with the hiring manager, you might call them to get some feedback about why they did not choose you. Timely and assertive follow up can make the difference between getting the job, or not. Wendleton, Kate: Through the Brick Wall Wendleton, Kate: Job-Search Secrets That Have Helped Thousands of Members.