How are you following up?
I appreciate follow up from candidates I’m working with because it shows interest and generally makes me push my client to consider them.?Interest is a huge part of what attracts me to a candidate and in my opinion isn’t valued highly enough by hiring managers (maybe they just want what they can’t have…sort of like the rest of us I guess.) But anyway, how are you following up??With what frequency??What are you saying?
Candidate Week 1: Any feedback?
Candidate Week 2: Any feedback?
Candidate Week 3: Any feedback?
…Week 14: Any feedback?
Talent acquisition agency: Oh I forgot to message you that they want to hire you and you were supposed to start last week – said no talent acquisition professional ever.?Headhunters get paid when you get hired, so as soon as we get feedback to move forward, we’re going to contact you.?As soon as we get feedback that you aren’t a fit, we do our best to get that to you as well, with a reason why, if we have it.?Often times we don’t, probably because people are terrified to say anything.
However, back to feedback requests.
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Give the person you’re following up with something valuable.?Follow up with information that impresses them.?If you’re talking to a headhunter, make them go to bat for you, if you’re talking to a hiring manager, help them understand the value you’ll bring, show them value without already being on their payroll.
Asking and asking and asking and asking and asking does not do any good when the person you’re asking doesn’t have the answer.
Things you can send:
All of those items are valuable in a job search process and you should have them in your job search toolkit to send to someone, one at a time, when you aren’t getting progress on a position.?It won’t work every time but “60% of the time, it works every time” – Brian Fantana.
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