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Subject:Re: Post-interview: "We'll call you" From:"Dana Worley" <dana -at- campbellsci -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:54:41 -0600
On Wednesday, June 10, 2009, Janet Swisher wrote:
> A source I respect, Mark Horstman of Manager Tools
> (http://manager-tools.com/), recommends alternating phone and email
> messages once a week for *10* weeks following an interview. (That is,
> phone one week, email the next, etc.)
Speaking as someone who hires, this would be a very quick way to get yourself off my short
list and into the reject folder.
2 cents,
Dana W.
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Dana Worley
Software Product Manager/Manager, Software Support Group
Campbell Scientific, Inc.
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