Advice on job lead neededOn September 10th I had an interview with a company that I thought had gone pretty well. I was the first person that they interviewed as the CFO told me this. I also met with the Manager who would be my direct supervisor. I sent a thank you email to both of them within 24 hours after the interview. I was told they wanted someone to start the beginning of October. I sent a follow-up email to the Manager on September 17th. I received no response. My children take drama classes and I have a good rapport with the director of this program. She knows I am looking for work and approached me yesterday with this same opportunity I just talked about as her friend owns the company. I told her that I applied and interviewed for the position. I wanted to be sure that it was the same company that she was referring to, so I told her I wanted to check my notes and be sure it was the same company. She told me to let her know because she could put in a good word for me. My question is what should I do. It is the same company but they never even had the decency to reply back to me when I emailed them for a follow-up. Obviously they are still looking for someone so this must mean they were not interested in me or I would have heard back from them. Do I call this Director back and tell her the circumstances by verifying it is the same company we were speaking about? Do I send another follow-up email to the company? Any advice on how to handle this one would be greatly appreciated. Thanks everyone!
The questions you need to ask yourself are: Do you want to work for a company where the manager (for you, anyway) has already exhibited a level of unprofessionalism that is difficult to get over? How financially strapped are you? Is it such that any job is better than no job and at least you will have something on your resume when you start looking again in a few months? Better and longer friendships than just an acquantance have become strained and then lost because of a reference or "putting in a good word". Can you handle this? Will this affect your children's drama classes? How emotionally invested are you in this company? Is it somewhere you have always wanted to work and are willing to take the chance that you will be rejected based on your previous interview? Now, all that aside, many times when filling a position, the job is posted again because the powers that be want a larger range of applicants. It has nothing to do with your not being a fit for the job, but the company needing to advertise again because the first time didn't bring as many applicants as they thought. It never hurts to have someone on the inside willing to give you a good word but it is something that you should never rely on totally. If it makes you feel better and more secure, then go for it and have your friend contact the company's owner. Send an e-mail to the manager along the lines of : Dear Mr. Whosits: On September 17th, I interviewed with Higginbotham's Great Beans and Stuff for the position of Bean Shucker. At the end of that interview, it was stated that the ideal candidate would start around the beginning of October. I noticed that the position has not been filled as yet and I am writing to inquire as to my status in the process. I am still very interested in this position and feel that the skills I will bring to Higginbotham's will benefit the company and my co-workers and that there is so much that I can learn from everybody to better my abilities. I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, tmgaudu You might even throw in a few of those bean shucking skills as a reminder.
Thanks Kelly for your response. The thing that threw me the most was that I did not get a reply from the follow up I attempted to make. This turned me off, but other than that I was interested in the position. I am not strapped for money so therefore there is no need to rush into something. I am fortunate enough to have a husband that does well with his company. He makes enough to pay our bills. The job was not posted. They contacted me from seeing my resume online. Therefore, that is why I was inclined to believe I was not what they were looking for. I was just wondering how to handle it all seen as though I have never been in this type of position before. I, by no means, want to jump right into something as I want a career and not just a job. I did not have a good feeling anyway when I spoke to the manager. I felt better and more comfortable with the CFO believe it or not. Thanks for the advice!
I was reading another post and it dawned on me that an answer to your situation could be one that is faced by lots of other people. Especially with government jobs. When I was working in the government this happened quite often. Totally unfair but I even played the game. Many companies have a policy about how many people are to be interviewed. For example, it may be a rule that 5 people have to be interviewed so that the list can be narrowed down to the top three. So, those five people are called and scheduled for an interview, but -- only 3 of them show up. Because of this, the job needs to be posted again so that the hiring manager can call in two additional people. The candidate range was not been broad enough to keep just the three who showed up as the top ones. A similar situation occurs when all five people show up, but only 3 of them have any actual capabilities for doing the job. This means that another posting of the job will have to go up so that another group can be called in to get the remaining two candidates needed for narrowing the field to the top three. I am not sure if you read my above post but as I mentioned, the job was not posted they contacted me from viewing my resume on here. Would it be the same idea as you mentioned about having a certain number of people?
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