How long to wait before following up

Hey guys. I had an initial phone screen with HR Last Wednesday. In the call, she told me that I had moved on to the next round and told me about the process. I haven’t heard back anything yet. When should I follow up?

 

Just email her and ask if there is a date for the next round.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

The recruitment process has a series of steps and few people are involved directly and indirectly in the decision making process and it takes time. Often a manager may be on business trip or someone has not made the decision yet due to their prior commitments and so on.

I would give them about 1o business days time and still they did not contact you then it is appropriate to ring them.

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Good luck.

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ValueAdder68:

So this summer while completing my SA internship, I have been networking via cold calls/emails and in-person meetings during my lunch break. I have reached out to a lot of great people who were very helpful in providing information, and at this point I have several contacts at a lot of BB's. I am only a sophomore right now, and want to use my networking to help land a junior year SA position at a BB, preferably.

How exactly does one go about utilizing these contacts? I am pretty good at staying in touch with them, via email or grabbing coffee etc. but I just don't understand how this process progresses any further. I don't want to be blunt and ask them to send my resume around or something. What exactly should I do here? Just keep close contact during the summer, obtain as many contacts as possible, and then when fall comes maybe reach out asking if they could help me in regards to SA recruiting? Or should I start asking how to best position myself now, as maybe the earlier the better?

I am good at doing all the "pre" networking stuff like picking up the phone and finding people to meet, I am very outgoing and enjoy doing so. It is just after the fact, I never know exactly what to do and how to be successful with these contacts I have. Let me know what you guys have done in the past, thanks.

in my experience, after the first or second time you've connected with a contact, it's generally fair game to start asking them for favors (given you've connected on a personal level). that said, you need a job posting to refer to or some sort of reason for them to push your resume

 
ValueAdder68:

I don't want to be blunt and ask them to send my resume around or something. What exactly should I do here?

What's wrong with being blunt? Obviously not start too early, but if you've met with them a couple times and are connecting, would it be terrible to ask them straight up?

I'm wondering because I'm in a similar position, and am unsure how to leverage the contacts I've connected with.

Maximum effort.
 

Yeah I am not sure. I would say being blunt would be acceptable when recruiting is very active, which obviously at this time in the summer, it is not. Should I keep in touch until the later fall months, and then ask for favors? What im essentially asking is: Is asking for a favor in regards to SA recruiting which is like 6 months away, too premature?

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Hello, dear! Maybe I am not right, but it seems to me that it is better to give a folow up as soon as possible after your meeting. Good luck to you!

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Thanks guys. Should i just give a quick thanks, or should I suggest to set up a info-coffee-thing or whatever? I dont really have any burning questions at this time but I also don't want to be forgotten immediately after the email

 

protip: it would be great if some of you college clowns quit eyeing my gf's tits and focus on pitching your potential contribution to my firm, during private networking meetings.

 

Actually one of the interviews was conducted by a recruiting agency, so I think they have a say since they decide who is being sent to the actual AC?

As for HR: The second round was conducted by HR + a case study - so again, I believe it is HR who decides about the next stage since I haven't interviewed with anyone from the team?

Or what do you mean they have no say in this stage?

 

this kind of shit happens all the time. these guys are busy/don't give a shit about you you're better off waiting imo, cause either one of four things can happen in the short run

  1. you contact him again, he responds back
  2. you contact him again, he gets pissed for you harassing him
  3. you don't contact him, he eventually emails you
  4. you don't contact him, he doesn't email you

you maximize your overall welfare by doing nothing

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Wait at least one week, two if he is higher up.

Anecdotally, I find that sending emails very early Monday (6-7am) maximizes my chance for an immediate response. You can schedule emails in outlook to be sent at a specific time, or just have them drafted and send them out early in the day.

 

Well, still no response. He said he was free middle of this week so I was hoping to get the time confirmation. Better to continue to wait and email him next week?

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