Tip of the Week
FOLLOW UP
I can’t tell you how many people I talk to every day.  Lots of people are interested in receiving my help. I tell them how I can help them and then I task them with sending me a follow up email to remind me to help them. Do you know how many people don’t follow up with me?
This is the worst thing that you can do as a job seeker. People talk to you and they hear your story and they are excited to help you.  The longer you let time go on the more energy and enthusiasm are lost.
I connect people all the time, it’s my business to do so. So, I tend to remember when people send me an email that I offered to help. However, other people are not the same. They leave a conversation and life happens and they forget.
You should respond back to any request within a 24 hour period (or maybe Monday morning if you have a task over the weekend). Â If people don’t get back to you within a few days – assume they are busy (not avoiding you) and follow back up again to remind them to help you.
If you are one of those people who has been meaning to send out a followup task and you have forgotten – go ahead and send it out now. You won’t get as great of a response, but you might still get one.
No one cares more about your job search than you do. Take the responsibility. Own it. You’ll start to see some magic results start to come through for you!
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