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  • February 21, 2017 at 8:59 am #674762

    You’re not blacklisted, haha!

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    February 21, 2017 at 11:21 am #674773

    I haven’t been able to send it yet. Turns out AAM is right about lack of thank you’s not being a dealbreaker because I was invited back for round two!

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    February 21, 2017 at 11:28 am #674774

    Awesome! Yeah, you should always send them, but if one doesn’t go through or you forget, it’s not necessarily a deal breaker. It also may have gone through for all you know.

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    February 21, 2017 at 3:36 pm #674797

    Alright, is it creepy to call the HR manager’s cell phone?

    I was invited for interview two by e-mail. I responded by e-mail and it occurred to me AFTER I sent it that my correspondence probably won’t go through again. Because this job would be based out of the regional office, my interview NEEDS to be this Thursday — that’s when the higher-ups based out of their main offices will be in town for interviews. So they’re not giving me much notice, but the times they have available are fine and I can manage it. So I’ve responded by e-mail (which is probably lost in cyberspace, AND I called the HR manager’s direct line (twice) and no one answers. I want to get a hold of her ASAP to nail down a time. I called their main line to see if she’s in today, and was told all they can do is transfer me. The last time we were scheduling interviews, I called first then e-mailed, and her response to my e-mail was something like “Oh, glad you e-mailed — I’m working from home today” — which makes me wonder when she’ll hear my voicemail.

    She gave me her cell phone number last week knowing that it was tough for me to carve out the time to meet them, and told me to feel free to call or text if I had any interview-day issues.

    I don’t want to overstep, but good grief, it should not be this hard.

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    February 21, 2017 at 3:42 pm #674798

    I think it’s ok, she gave you her cell #, and time is tight for scheduling.

    I used to get an email alert that someone left me a vm on my desk phone, but that stopped a while back and now I never know if I have messages on the desk phone or not. She probably doesn’t either.

    Just sound friendly with a smile in your voice when you get her or leave a message on her cell and keep it brief.

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    February 21, 2017 at 4:46 pm #674803

    Alright, is texting inappropriate? I’ve now called her office three times, and her cell once — I don’t have the option of leaving a message to her cell phone. I truly don’t know what to do.

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    February 21, 2017 at 5:01 pm #674804

    Hmm, regarding scheduling this interview, how many emails have you sent and how many voicemails? Have you tried sending a short email from your phone? Texting feels a little invasive at this point, though I get your sense of urgency.

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    February 21, 2017 at 5:06 pm #674806

    I only sent one e-mail. In my limited experience e-mailing this woman, though, she’s been fast to respond. SO, I’m assuming it didn’t go through again. (The last bounceback e-mail took days to receive.) I agree that text is invasive, but truly don’t know what to do. The other options I can think of are:

    – Send an email from an old school account that still works and explain why I’m following up with a different account
    – Call the other guy I met last week (he’s not in HR, but has at least met me and presumably liked me), explain to him what’s going on and ask if he can ask HR to call me

    Their main offices close in 30 minutes and I feel like I’m running out of time. I’d rather not wait until tomorrow morning.

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    February 21, 2017 at 5:23 pm #674808

    Alright the dramatic conclusion: FINALLY got a hold of the manager at her office. It turns out they were doing some construction(?) work in the office late last week and over the weekend that required all electricity to be shut off. My e-mail was bounced back because of that, and not because my email has been blacklisted. She did get my e-mail earlier today, but was busy. So I apologized for the aggressive follow up, and she was understanding. Ha.

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    February 21, 2017 at 5:34 pm #674810

    Phew!

    I have two different companies that have gone from external recruiter to phone interview to in-person with hiring manager. In one case I met with CEO also and next step is to meet the people I’d be managing. In the other case I’m going to meet the CEO this week. It’s a lot of work!!! Having a motivated external recruiter involved really helps though.

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    February 22, 2017 at 5:19 am #674847

    Good luck to both of you! I’m so ready to leave this job now, I’m getting really excited about a new office and doing new things! C’mon March 10th!

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    February 22, 2017 at 10:01 am #674860

    Thanks, Nookie! I feel like by the time you make it to in-person interviews, you know you’re qualified. Knowing that the candidate pool is probably very narrow for tomorrow, I’m super excited/nervous.

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