I reached out to a banker via email asking for a phone chat to learn more about this past experiences. He responded by typing out his experiences and advice via email without accepting or declining my request.
How do I approach this? Should I ask him again to hop on the phone?
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Depends, are you looking for something else to gain from the phone call, or did he already answer everything you asked of him?
Always important to be careful about how you state what you say. Assuming the person doesn't skim your email he or she will understand you want to chat over the fact that you want their written history.
Also – he could just be really busy. Assuming it's neither of the top two, you could follow back and reinforce the phone call request in a polite way while thanking him for taking the time to write you an email, albeit one that I assume is a lengthy/detailed one at that.
Right, but let's not kid anyone. I don't really care about his experiences, I just want to build enough rapport so I can perhaps land an interview. It's obviously hard to do that by simply trading emails.
What do you think?
"Thank you for the response. I was really interested in xxx and how it affected yyy. I have a few more questions regarding zzz -- Would you be free for a phone call in the next week? It'd be great to speak with you about xxx, yyy, and zzz."
Hit the reply button to a person's comment (for future reference) so they're alerted when you respond.
I know, and so does everyone who receives such an email – best thing to do is phrase your original email in the perfect way to get that rapport going.
As for how to follow up, the comment below pretty much sums it up. Feel free to spice it up with relevant topics he touched upon.
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