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  Paulisasuccess

Fri, Oct 16 12:53 PM

following up

 

Today's 'get a job' section was on following up. 

 

My day job is as a coordinator of a fellowship program.  There is a thin line, for me between people who "follow up" and people who...hmm...how to say this subtlely...bug the holy crap out of me. 

 

I get these people who call every couple of days, wanting to speak to the program director.  Although the latter IS the one to make the final decision, there is no way he's going to want to talk to you after reviewing the 150 applications that I have painstakingly trimmed down from the 500 applications I received.  And when he finds out that you've called 10 times and HAVE to talk to the big boss and can't be bothered with the mere coordinator, he's moving that application to the bottom of the pile.

 

I also remember a worker here who wanted a job in the chapel.  She got an interview and then had her friends, relatives, ministers all call and e-mail her perspective new boss to say how wonderful the employee was.

 

So, the woman totally creeps out the whole chapel staff and they start to think she's a stalker and the job went to a less qualified person.

 

So...yes...follow up.  But for God's sake show restraint...and make your first point of contact your FRIEND and not someone ready to call 911.

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Wordbird Wordbird:

follow up

That is funny, and good advice right from the horse's coordinator's mouth. 

 

I once was so excited my boyfriend made the first cut to go on Jeopardy, I mailed them a  postcard every day for a week, with his name on it. Since they pull post cards to choose contestants, or did then. 

 

Then I find out that kind of "follow-up" gets a person eliminated. Just like we ousted Dean for shooting, "YEEEEEEE!" (or was it 'YIIIIAYYYYY"?) Whichever, it was too much enthusiasm for Puritan America.  So your point is well taken.

 

What about YOU and

follow-up?  The idea is to utilize the info in your own job search. How is that going?

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Blog Action Day (geez I'm having trouble with the space here today)...Blog Action Day. Do I find a Blog from you on Climate Change, if I keep looking? You promised, you know. Wink