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Mid-week last week I was contacted by a company's internal recruiter via LinkedIn and was asked to apply for a job. It is much inline with my experience. The company, which gets good grades as a place to work per online sources (and I've talked to people who know other who work there, as well), is located in a small town, although within 30-45 minutes of medium-sized towns. Because of the required experience/credentials, it would be rare to find candidates locally. You would need to reach out to larger areas. The job has been posted for three weeks. If the internal recruiter was searching on LinkedIn for possible candidates when the job had already been posted for a while, that tells me they probably weren't seeing applicants that excited them.
Recruiter indicated she was very impressed with my experience, as well as the variety (I've worked in lots of areas in this particular field). At first I had indicated I thought the job was very tempting, but unfortunately I wasn't looking at moving. Then 24 hours later, I'd regretted that, so I emailed the recruiter, saying it was just too interesting to pass up.
I wasn't really looking at all. It was two more days before my resume was thoroughly updated (it was in bad shape) and I submitted resume/online application very late on Friday evening. Internal recruiter had indicated she would contact me after I'd applied online, but I've not heard anything.
How much longer should I wait before I contact the recruiter?
Why I ask is that I'm off the entire week of the 14th. It's been planned for months, but I'm not doing anything special. This possible job is 3.5 hours away from me, and I would be able to go interview during that week if this company wanted to talk to me. I know from doing out-of-town job searches in the past that trying to set up interviews can be very challenging.
Maybe reach out one last time to the recruiter telling them that you would be available to interview, should you be selected, that week since it corresponds with time off already planned. Spin it so it's win/win for both parties! Good Luck on the interview!!
Thanks for your response - that's exactly what I had in mind, and I spun it that way.
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