I love voice mail.
Yes, I really do.
To me its an opportunity to leave a 15 to 30 second commercial.
I do it all the time. I call at night, leave a message about something great and tell them I sent an e-mail followup.
Works like a charm every single time.
Here is another approach suggested by Tony Parinello in his book, Selling to VITO.
Tony described the time he was leaving a voice-mail message for a prospect when he accidentally hung up the phone in the middle of his message.
Like all smart and successful people he immediately got sidetracked by another call, but later in the day the person he accidently hung up on called him back and said, “finish your message.”
Try it, make sure you identify yourself first and phone number before you hang up in the middle of the sentence. Don”t rely on voice mail and keep track of who you did this with. It only works once per person.
If you are looking for an accounting job try, “I’m calling about your book keeping. It appears [hang up]” wait until they call you back and then finishing the sentence with, “it appears your company is … [fill in the blank]” and see if there are any openings you should apply for.
Tony has a host of other ideas every month on his web site at http://www.sellingtovito.com
Action Steps:
- Keep the voice mail short.
- Leave a generic message that would be of interest to the employer.
- Leave the impression calling back is in the employer’s best interest.
- Apologize for the power outage that caused you to leave only half the message.
- Ask for referrals if appropriate.
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This article is just a small sample of how you can do to take control of your Job hunt and make it effective. I work closely with the two experts in the field, Kevin Donlin and David Perry, co-creators of the Guerrilla Job Search System.
Job hunters who use “Click and Apply” wonder why they are not getting interviews and ultimately taking far too long to get a job. I hope you are not using “Click and Apply” as your major tactic. You have many more strategies and tactics to make an effective job hunt.
The only Job Hunting system I recommend is the Guerrilla Job Search System.
The system works, because it helps you do what you do best. Kevin and David have been interviewed by Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Fortune magazine, and the Christian Science Monitor about their method to finding a job.
Go right now and listen to a sample of how Kevin and David will get your job search into high gear
If you want to know why I think the Guerrilla Job Search System is so effective for job hunters read my review of it here.
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