Wednesday, April 30, 2014
How to Follow Up Without Being Annoying
lifehacker.com: No one wants to be annoying or bothersome to a professional contact, especially when you want a job, meeting, sales dollars, or something else very important from that person. But the average person can get a few hundred emails a day, and some of your messages might go unanswered. How do you know when it's okay to send a follow up message without being annoying?
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This is such an important skill which I must say I have developed quite nicely. I'm very good at staying in contact with important people. These are skills you learn. This is a great outline of what is effective. So many people are too shy with this. If someone gives you their e-mail you should contact them. Especially as actors. We must be proactive in our own career.
I'm not sure I agree with everything this article has to say. While I think following up at least once, maybe twice is good practice, "as long as it takes" sounds overly persistent and pushy. Especially when you have a job application outstanding, over-following up, even politely like the author suggests, won't make people move any faster, and if you've truly received no response after two to three weeks? I think it's appropriate to take the hint.
This article makes a good point in my mind, it is important to follow up. I usually think of this in terms of applications for various things, where it makes sense to want to follow up. But, there are times you need to follow up wit professors or colleagues, and this article makes sense for those situations as well. However, when following up for something that's not a job, especially here at CMU, I don't think waiting a week is right, I would say wait a few days since a week here and the email is probably lost in the the netherworld of CMU email.
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