I gotta get MAGs in here I love this one this week quarantine started I was
supposed to get an offer from preferred company they apologized and wrote they
needed to wait this out what is good thoughtful way to show I'm still
interested okay now what I would have loved to know is there's layers okay
this is so good this is such wait Marie thanks for asking this this is so good
what I'm about to tell you guys is is very very valuable for what you're going
through right now there are layers of evaluation that you need to go through
in this kind of follow-up all right now number one and I don't I don't want to
go too much into this because this is gonna come out Tuesday the different
types of companies that are occurring right now but let me give you a sneak
preview if it's a company that is getting crushed right now like
Hospitality event management and so on then you know they're not gonna hire
until all this stuff is back in full swing if it's a company that's just a
little confused and they're trying to get their remote workers set up that's a
little different so you got to kind of assess what's happening now that's one
layer of evaluation the next layer of evaluation is the position itself is the
position something that is no longer going to be needed as a result of this
pandemic or is it that they it's is the whole company on a hiring freeze or is
it just this position is on a hiring freeze the reason you have to know this
is because how you follow-up in what you say is going to be is going to be
determined based on what's the type of company are they getting gonna get
crushed now and they'll bounce back quickly
are they going to be crushed for a long time or are they just sort of getting
themselves situated so that they can more efficiently work remotely you have
to know all these things and then your position that you were interviewing for
is this something that they anticipate now in your case Murray after you go
through that analysis if it if you'd eat if the company says oh wait no we just
need a few more weeks and we need to sort through
making sure that everybody is productive where they are but we're gonna pick this
right back up great you wait the couple of weeks if
they say you know what we are so uncertain at the moment we're really not
sure what we're gonna do that's not a good sign
okay that you should not be that confused at this point we've already
been operating for a while now meaning you should know that hey for the
foreseeable future we will not be hiring or not it's gonna take us a couple three
weeks I know it'll be sorted right let you you should be able to assess that
now we might not know how long this is gonna go but if they say hey it's
indefinite okay all right that's at least knowing that until you get some
kind of clearance some kind of cure some kind of you know downward trend we're
not gonna do anything okay fine right that's that's clarity at least as
it relates to that but based on your analysis if it's a position that gets
put on hold then what you say is okay you know I
really love your company are there other opportunities within your organization
that you think I would be a good fit for that are more of an immediate need if
it's a complete shutdown you would say something along the lines of okay I will
circle back when we start to get better news or if if something changes on your
end I would be open you know to picking this right back up no matter what
happens in 30 days you got a follow up with them okay to let them know hey
you're still on my mind you know hey obviously really crazy times it's
unfortunate we weren't able to get together pull the trigger back a month
ago I just wanted to check back in make sure everything's okay with you hope
you're doing well want to let you know you're still on my mind let me know if
you want to pick this up blah blah blah there there's some sensitivities around
organizations that you want to work for now Murray in an in another in another
situation because I have you and because you're a boot camper and because you
asked me this the other day you asked me a question about I sent the message the
director the hiring official says we're on a hiring freeze I'll send your info
to HR okay this is a different scenario all right you guys get a bonus because
we're gonna piggyback Maurice questions when when somebody says when you reach
out with the boss hunting technique to somebody and they say we are in a hiring
freeze you do not dismiss that okay so you alter you alter your goal from
trying to get a job to trying to network so you say they said okay we're gonna
pass it along the HR great thank you so much for doing that I understand
perfectly I hope you're doing well right I hope you're okay while I would have
loved to work for you which is the reason for my initial inquiry I will you
know we'll hang tight wait for it in the meantime as you can see that I am in the
middle of my job search are there any other people that you know outside of
your organization that I should connect with or you could connect me with or
whatever do sound like you you know that could potentially help me with my
current search or who might be in need of my services or whatever when you do
that when somebody gets back to you initially like that and actually took
the time to get back to you and said I'd forward your stuff to HR that person
you've got a great likelihood that that person will want to help you further why
that person is a long-term thinker that person's not dismissive that person just
didn't kick it aside there's a great likelihood I say better than 5050 that
that person will respond back and give you referrals okay
the bootcampers we do this often and and we've had we've had a great percentage
that get they get additional interviews because they get referrals to other
people and then they go reach out to those people hey I got your name from
so-and-so thought it would be a good idea you know I had contacted her I was
in the middle of my search I'd asked her if there were any other people she
highly recommended you I thought I would reach out after looking at your
background I think you're a superstar and so on and then off it goes just
remember something and I've said this a number of times I'm gonna keep saying it
when you send something out your goal number one goal you only have one goal
contrary to what a lot of you think the goal is to get somebody to respond
that's the first goal because you can't get to the second goal and the third
goal and the fourth goal unless they respond so they responded now what you
do with that is determined based on their response you Marie you had a plan
right I want to go work at that company that plan got altered midstream by what
that person told you great the only thing worse than not having a
plan is having a plan that you won't alter okay so so you're gonna make an
adjustment on the fly now you're gonna turn this relationship into from a boss
hiring me to a potential good colleague that I can connect with who can refer me
networking remember it goes both ways when something comes back to you don't
let the chain die with you I don't want the chain to die with that with that
person you reached out to right I always say right be a link not an endpoint
right you need to think that way when a recruiter contacts you and they say I
have an opportunity as for database architect manager it doesn't matter go
get to get with them now your mind shift should be get on the phone with the
recruiter give the recruiter referrals right spend five minutes with the
recruiter say hey you know I'm a program manager but you know I really wanted to
talk to you and I figured you can use my network so what do you need right like
if you thought like that the world would spend better and faster for you so when
you're reaching into people and people say well what do I say when they say no
you you figure out what else to say based on anything of value that they
could provide you so you want to make sure that you're following through with
that so that's a little package on follow-ups of a variety of kind so I
hope that helps Murray
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