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It wasn't an official screening but left a voicemail after missing the call and now I'm waiting because I don't want to miss the call again, as I'm sure phonetag gets annoying to employers. So I just said, thanks for the call about the position, look forward to hearing from you, phone number with moderate enthusiasm, nothing too desperate. 2 hours ago now. It's like I know, it isn't about me but I just want to eat lunch now but I feel I need to wait right here. So if you were calling out, how many attempts would you make? That's the concern, I'm thinking two.
I don't think it would be inappropriate to call back twice a day - once at the beginning and once at the end of the day. If they didn't want to speak to you they would not have left a voicemail.
Definitely don't tone down your enthusiasm or interest in a job for fear of sounding desperate. If you sound dis-interested or subdued, that would be worst.
It's realistic now for them to pass you by if you are not available when they call. Phone tag DOES happen...you can't keep chasing down people who have moved on.
HR/job agencies are notorious for this. They have other clients and may be too busy to check back in with you.
I can't tell you how many times I was called by someone who was trying to tell me this is the greatest job in the world, and I rang them back after I composed myself and they just never returned my calls.
I hope the OP has better luck.
She/he left a message. That's about all you can do or you look desperate if this is just to set up an interview. If you went on a job interview already, then be more aggressive.
I do hope they call you back, peet. However, don't dwell on it.
If you're interested I'd call back several times. This is the age of the cell phone; there are laws against using your cell phone while driving all over the country now. I don't think its unreasonable of a caller to suspect it may have been unlawful for you to answer their call; they have no idea what you are doing when they called!
It's realistic now for them to pass you by if you are not available when they call. Phone tag DOES happen...you can't keep chasing down people who have moved on.
HR/job agencies are notorious for this. They have other clients and may be too busy to check back in with you.
I can't tell you how many times I was called by someone who was trying to tell me this is the greatest job in the world, and I rang them back after I composed myself and they just never returned my calls.
I hope the OP has better luck.
She/he left a message. That's about all you can do or you look desperate if this is just to set up an interview. If you went on a job interview already, then be more aggressive.
I do hope they call you back, peet. However, don't dwell on it.
That's not always true. It depends on the type of job.
The more higher up the position is the less likely that they're going down a list of names calling 100 people and you better be there to answer the phone.
If you're talking about going to work at Walmart or the Dollar Store, then yes the OP might have missed the boat. Or a temp agency.
But that's probably not the type of job the OP is talking about.
OP, if you didn't hear back today then call again in the morning.
No worries guys, person called back and I have interview tomorrow. I just get jumpy at this point as I've been out a while. i don't want to get too excited but it would be a great job and company. Plus, definitely a bit of future-proof in their services, even better.
No worries guys, person called back and I have interview tomorrow. I just get jumpy at this point as I've been out a while. i don't want to get too excited but it would be a great job and company. Plus, definitely a bit of future-proof in their services, even better.
Personally I would call about 3 times. It is so frustrating, I understand I received a call from a HR dept at a company while I was in the shower and the call was from a blocked number and they didn't leave a call back number, and they said they would calll back - well they did 1 minute later.
When I got out of the shower 2 missed calls, 1 voicemail from the same department and I can't find a single number for hr where I can talk to a person. I guess I chose the wrong time to shower that day
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