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September 28, 2009
Follow-up Phone Calls
So you've sent out several resumes in the mail, and now it's time to relax and wait for responses - right? Wrong! If you do not hear anything back from those employers within 2 weeks, you must follow-up with a phone call! This is important for 2 reasons:
1. You want to make sure the employer received your resume in the first place. Things get lost in the mail, envelopes get misplaced in offices, documents get discarded accidentally - you get the picture. Confirming that an employer received your resume is a nonoffensive way to begin your follow-up phone conversation.
2. A follow-up phone call shows that you are genuinely interested in the position. Put yourself in the employer's shoes: if 10 students send you a resume and only one of those 10 follows-up with a phone call, who are you going to invite to come in for an interview? The point is that it is easy to send a resume in the mail and forget about it. Plently of people do. It's the follow-up phone call that lets employers know that you are sincerely interested in working for them.
So be sure to keep a log of who you've sent your resume to and when you sent it. That way you'll know exactly when to make those follow-up phone calls. You never know - a simple follow-up phone call could be the difference between being invited to come in for an interview or not! Please stop by the CSO to talk to a counselor if you have any questions about the follow-up process.
Posted by cld30 at September 28, 2009 11:30 AM