7 Steps You Can Take to Help You Gain The Advantage
Things you do after the interview can influence a firm to hire you or to turn to someone else. Here are a few things to remember to do AND NOT DO.
- Obtain a business card from everyone you meet at the interview so that you can address them properly when you . . .
- Send a thank you letter via email to the people you met with. Express your interest in the job and reinforce why you believe you are qualified to be hired. Spell check and grammar check the email before sending it. I receive so many emails with lazy spelling mistakes.
- Don’t send the same thank you note to everyone. Personalize it
- Don’t forget to spell and grammar check each note.
- Establish contact with your references to insure that they will be sjupportive of your candidacy and to hear what they have to say about you; if their reference is lukewarm, replace them with someone else. Such references are as useful as having a bad reference.
- Follow up after a few days to continue to express interest and to determine their timetable for making a decision. Be patient and don’t call too often.
- People often make the mistake of putting all their efforts on hold when they did well on the interview. The problem is that sometimes a job goes “on hold” or “the perfect candidate” walks in the door and you’re rejected for the job. KEEP LOOKING. KEEP INTERVIEWING. KEEP NETWORKING.
Following these steps will help you in many ways.
Jeff Altman
The Big Game Hunter
Concepts in Staffing
jeffaltman@cisny.com
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Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter, is Managing Director with Concepts in Staffing, a New York search firm, He has successfully assisted many corporations identify management leaders and staff in technology, accounting, finance, sales, marketing and other disciplines since 1971. He is a certified leader of the ManKind Project, a not for profit organization that assists men with life issues, and a practicing psychotherapist.
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