Apr
I sent my resume 3 days ago. I want to do a follow-up call so the person can hear my voice. But when I call, what should I ask?
I want to sound eager but no desperate.
Thanks for reading!
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Your over thinking it a tiny bit. Just give a call a say you are following up on your resume. You’ll probably score some points right off the bat because so few people actually do follow up. I referenced a link below that talks about good professional follow up during your job search.
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When you call, it sounds obvious, but make sure you're speaking to the correct person! Do you have a contact name? If not, call the switchboard and ask for the recruitment department. When you've got the department, make sure you get the correct person as there could be several recruiters … start off by saying that you're enquiring about (full job title and reference number if there is one).
When you get the right person, then I would first of all ask if they have a few minutes to talk, before you just launch into it. I am a recruiter in a large company and if you were to call me right before I was about to go and interview someone, either I'd be pissed off because you'd disturbed me, or I might not even listen to you properly. If the person has time to talk, though, it means that you can have a detailed conversation if necessary. They might want to ask questions about your resume if it is off interest.
Then, as has been recommended, just give them your name and say that you were wondering if your resume had been received. If the answer is “yes”, ask if they’ve any feedback for you and if they say “not yet” ask when you can hope to hear back. If you're getting answers to your questions but they're not asking you any, then I would end the conversation there. Just say something like “Well, I just wanted to check, so thank you very much for confirming. Good bye.”
However, as a recruiter, I think all candidates who follow up with me are desperate regardless of what they say and how they say it. They've got your details, so the ball is in their court. It's nearly like if you text someone and ask them out and that person doesn't respond - if you text a second time then you're desperate, right?
If you haven't heard back, there are two possible reasons:
- There are superior candidates than you and you’re of no interest, but then it's good manners to send a rejection email. If you haven't had a rejection it's likely that you're “borderline” as in, you're the best out of the ones that they don't want to interview for now
- The recruiter is busy and is working on multiple positions. Other positions have been given a priority over this one. They’ll be in touch as soon as they get a opportunity to deal with this position
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I would ask if they have received your resume. and if they need any additional info. also find out when to anticipate a call from them. who is going to call you. and get the person's name and number just in case. hope you get the job good luck : )
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State “Hi, this is (name). I sent you my resume last Friday and I just wanted to follow up with you regarding the (job) position.” They'll take it from there. Book Mark it-> del.icio.us | Reddit | Slashdot | Digg | Facebook | Technorati | Google | StumbleUpon | Window Live | Tailrank | Furl | Netscape | Yahoo | BlinkList