At the beep, please record your message, no one will get back to you
Recently, I sent in my resume at the same company my friend Jaci works at. She added a referral to it, so it looked pretty good. A few weeks went by, and then I recieved a voice mail from someone in Human Resources asking me if I was still interested in the postion. I called the number and got voicemail say, so I left a message saying yes I am very interested, please call me back at home or on my cell, and I provided both of those numbers.
Ok, that was almost 2 weeks ago now. I have called every day since, I have left 3 messages so far, and nothing. I am totally in suspense, because I really want this job. I don't want to pester people by leaving a million messages but at the same time, I don't want them to forget about me either.
Did this person go on holidays? Did they get fired? Are they never at their desk, or always on the phone? It's an enigma.
Yesterday, I called the place and asked the reception person to put me through to human resources, and I specifically stated that I wanted to talk to a REAL person, not a recorded message. They said, sure we will put you in touch with someone right away. Yeah, sure, I got a DIFFERENT voicemail this time, for someone else. I left a message.
I'm not sure what the solution to this is except to wait. Stalking is out of the question, not a good way to make a postive impression on prospective employer. Neither is being rude on the phone, although I would like to be. Perhaps having a tantrum in the reception area? I don't that is an ideal solution either.
So, I shall continue to wait, jump on the phone every time it rings, and keep calling, every day, in the vain hope that someone actually answers their damn phone.
Ok, that was almost 2 weeks ago now. I have called every day since, I have left 3 messages so far, and nothing. I am totally in suspense, because I really want this job. I don't want to pester people by leaving a million messages but at the same time, I don't want them to forget about me either.
Did this person go on holidays? Did they get fired? Are they never at their desk, or always on the phone? It's an enigma.
Yesterday, I called the place and asked the reception person to put me through to human resources, and I specifically stated that I wanted to talk to a REAL person, not a recorded message. They said, sure we will put you in touch with someone right away. Yeah, sure, I got a DIFFERENT voicemail this time, for someone else. I left a message.
I'm not sure what the solution to this is except to wait. Stalking is out of the question, not a good way to make a postive impression on prospective employer. Neither is being rude on the phone, although I would like to be. Perhaps having a tantrum in the reception area? I don't that is an ideal solution either.
So, I shall continue to wait, jump on the phone every time it rings, and keep calling, every day, in the vain hope that someone actually answers their damn phone.
posted by John at 10:48 a.m.
2 Comments:
I'd go with the tantrum in the reception area.
Voicemail is a cop-out, seriously it's one thing to have to leave a message, but it's another to never have a person call you back. Dont these people check their messages? I'm busy most of the time at work too, but I clear my messages daily and return calls, it's PART OF MY JOB and anyone with voicemail should REALLY know that basic concept.
Takes 2 min to be considerate.
:)
I feel so bad. I wish I was there to try and find out what was going on with the whole thing! All I can do at this point is keep my fingers crossed and hope they are on vacation. The other possibility is they were looking to interview you to finish up a training class they were getting ready to start and maybe they hired enough people before they got around to you. If this is the case, don't worry, they do training classes all year long so they'll do another one soon I'm sure. Still hoping for you and if I find anything out I'll let you know!
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