How Many Calls Should You Be Making Today?

I’ve yet to meet anyone who was hired solely on the strength of their resume and cover letter.

You have to talk to employers by phone and meet them first.

In other words, it takes multiple conversations to get a job.

Highly successful job hunters  know this. They stack the odds in their favor by proactively calling, talking and asking to meet employers they’ve sent resumes to.

Actually, they call and talk and meet lots of people. Especially those people who they want to send a resume and cover letter to.

What’s the worst that could happen if you call an employer and ask to meet? They say no.

But … if you wait for a phone call that never comes, you’re still getting a “No” from that employer, albeit a tacit one that can take weeks to play out.

Make your own luck. Call to at least verify that employers got the resume and cover letter you emailed.

Better: Print and mail your documents. And, in your cover letter, say: “I will call your office at 10:00 a.m. Thursday to answer any questions you may have.”

Two good things can happen when you call at a specific time to follow up:

1. Your call may turn into an impromptu phone interview, if you establish rapport with the hiring manager and demonstrate your smarts. It happens all the time.
2. If you get voicemail, your message will be stamped with the time you called, which should be exactly when your cover letter said you would. Congratulations — you’ve proven that you’re detail-oriented and that you keep promises. And you’re not even on the payroll yet.

Develop a few calling scripts that you can use. It helps make the call simpler and easier. The Guerrilla Job Hunting system provides a number of calling scripts if this is going to stop you.

Don’t ever let anything stop you in your job hunt.

Remember, everyday you are not working, is costing you a day’s salary.

Anything that makes you a day’s salary one day early, is worth the money.

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This job hunting post was adapted from content provided to by my good friends Kevin Donlin and David Perry, co-creators of the Guerrilla Job Search System.

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