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Job Interview Followup
By: Jimmy Sweeney
Author of the brand new "Job Interview Secret"
Job Interview Followup Secrets
Job interview followup is one of the trickier
questions that candidates have for a job. On the one
hand, it’s important to stay on the interviewer’s
radar after a job interview, and let him or her know
that you are interested until they have made their
decision. On the other, no candidate wants to be
perceived as too desperate or even worse, as some sort
of corporate stalker by the target company. The trick,
therefore is finding the happy medium, and balance.
Your job followup process should be low-key and
respectful, but also consistent and direct. You have a
career to develop which is just as important to you as
the business that the target company is trying to
develop. Whether you wait one day or four months for
the job offer isn’t important, nearly as much as
knowing what the timetable is and being treated
respectfully throughout the process.
Job interview followup is particularly important to
have planned out because very few jobs will be able to
definitively let you know that you have been hired or
not on the day of the interview. Typically, the
company ahs a hiring process that must be followed
which can take quite some time to work through. In
many cases, there are complications to the process,
too, that create additional delays. Sometimes the
delay is a result of a budget issue. Sometimes there
are people on vacation that cannot make the hiring
decision until they get back. Sometimes, there are
company wide hiring freezes that must be waited out.
But for whatever reason, it is not unheard of for a
candidate to go to a job interview and not receive an
answer back for weeks or even months.
Your Job Interview Followup Strategy
If your job interview followup strategy is to sit
around and wait for the job offer, you are in serious
trouble. After several weeks or months, it’s
understandable that the impression that you made in
the interview, however, positive, is going to fade
somewhat. In the meantime the interviewers will have
been meeting and speaking with several other
candidates who will be more fresh on their mind. If a
hiring decision is made, these candidates are more
likely to get the nod. There might even be such a
delay that the target company decides that you are no
longer in the job market anymore, and moves onto newer
candidates without even consulting to see if you are
still interested.
Consequently, you should make it your business to do
job interview followup on a regular basis until a
decision has been made. The best way to do this is to
pick or find a contact person in the company, someone
who has current information about the job interview
process and hiring decisions. As you interview, ask
who this person is and be sure to get their contact
information. After your interview, contact that person
every week to ten days in a polite, respectful,
curious manner. Explain that you are still interested
in the job, available for another meeting, and curious
as to the status of the hire. Make it clear that you
are not trying to pressure the company, but that you
do not want to be forgotten or passed over for this
position.
DID YOU KNOW? There's a new "Secret Career Document" you can quickly and easily customize for your next important job interview that literally forces the hiring manager to picture you filling the position. This simple, powerful formula guarantees you'll automatically stand out from the competition and shoot straight to the top of the "must hire" list for any position … any field. This brand new strategy was created by Jimmy Sweeney, one of California's top marketing professionals. To discover Jimmy's breakthrough "secret" go to: Amazing Job Interview Secret
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