I really want this job...
April 26, 2011 8:46 AM Subscribe
A friend of mine put me in touch through email with someone who works at a company I'd like to work for. She told me to send her my resume and she'd bring it in for me (awesome!). I haven't got a response to an email asking her if she had brought it in. Should I send it (again?) through more official channels?
This woman has been super-nice but a terrible emailer. (She's left me hanging for a few days once before.) I sent her the email asking if she had brought my resume in nearly a week ago and never got an email back. On the company's website, there's a page for job applicants to upload their resume, and at this point, I'm wondering if I should do that just so I can ensure that it actually gets to them. Or do I send another, potentially awkward email to the woman asking her again if she's brought it in? (I've only been communicating with her through her personal email, not her work one, if that matters.)
This woman has been super-nice but a terrible emailer. (She's left me hanging for a few days once before.) I sent her the email asking if she had brought my resume in nearly a week ago and never got an email back. On the company's website, there's a page for job applicants to upload their resume, and at this point, I'm wondering if I should do that just so I can ensure that it actually gets to them. Or do I send another, potentially awkward email to the woman asking her again if she's brought it in? (I've only been communicating with her through her personal email, not her work one, if that matters.)
It's been a week? Yeah, email her again. Make it something like "Hey, I was wondering if I need to do anything else?" It might trigger her to look through the pile on her desk for your resume, without actually saying, "Hey, wake up!"
posted by Etrigan at 9:05 AM on April 26, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by Etrigan at 9:05 AM on April 26, 2011 [3 favorites]
I don't think it could hurt to send it through the company site especially if it's for a particular position. Sometimes they make you apply via the company site anyway. I've had to do this even after I was officially told I was hired.
Once it hits a full week and you haven't heard back from her, you could say you saw X position on the site and sent your resume in.
Do you have her work email? If so, wait the rest of the week out and try contacting her via that ("Hey, I hadn't heard back from you so I thought I would try this email address") and attach a resume copy. Getting your resume forwarded in internally looks good like that.
If there's no particular position, and you don't have her work email and can't find it, wait until it's been a full week and email her again. If you want some reason other than hiwherehaveyoubeen? maybe make some small negligible change in a position duties description or add a reference and send a "Hi, hadn't heard back from you, I just wanted to make sure you had the most up-to-date version of my resume, here it is, really appreciate it!" AND maybe ask a question that is answerable, like do you have any idea of what kind of positions are available, or this is my preferred skillset, is there anything like that there?
After that if you get no response after a week, send it in via the site.
posted by ghostbikes at 9:07 AM on April 26, 2011
Once it hits a full week and you haven't heard back from her, you could say you saw X position on the site and sent your resume in.
Do you have her work email? If so, wait the rest of the week out and try contacting her via that ("Hey, I hadn't heard back from you so I thought I would try this email address") and attach a resume copy. Getting your resume forwarded in internally looks good like that.
If there's no particular position, and you don't have her work email and can't find it, wait until it's been a full week and email her again. If you want some reason other than hiwherehaveyoubeen? maybe make some small negligible change in a position duties description or add a reference and send a "Hi, hadn't heard back from you, I just wanted to make sure you had the most up-to-date version of my resume, here it is, really appreciate it!" AND maybe ask a question that is answerable, like do you have any idea of what kind of positions are available, or this is my preferred skillset, is there anything like that there?
After that if you get no response after a week, send it in via the site.
posted by ghostbikes at 9:07 AM on April 26, 2011
Don't ask her. I have been put in that position. A friend asked me to turn in a resume for a friend of hers. I agreed because her description fit the position we were hiring, and I would get a referral bonus. Once I read the resume, I was uncomfortable presenting it to my coworkers because the resume just wasn't up to the level of quality that it needed to be. Recommending someone for an internal hire is sticking your neck out for that person, because you're basically vouching for their ability to handle the job.
Trust me, if she hears anything, she would most likely let you know. In this case, no news is probably bad news or at least neutral news. Wait a while. If you don't hear anything, you could try submitting it through the company site.
posted by halseyaa at 9:13 AM on April 26, 2011
Trust me, if she hears anything, she would most likely let you know. In this case, no news is probably bad news or at least neutral news. Wait a while. If you don't hear anything, you could try submitting it through the company site.
posted by halseyaa at 9:13 AM on April 26, 2011
Probably best to take charge and submit the resume yourself, and send a note saying you have done so.
Really, you should really be focusing your energies on the decision maker - the actual hiring manager. Anyone else is just a waste of your time and their time.
posted by KokuRyu at 9:33 AM on April 26, 2011
Really, you should really be focusing your energies on the decision maker - the actual hiring manager. Anyone else is just a waste of your time and their time.
posted by KokuRyu at 9:33 AM on April 26, 2011
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No. That will put you both in an awkward position. It might look as though you are fishing (which you are, but it doesn't look good - also might make it difficult if there's a 'finder's fee', for instance).
Or do I send another, potentially awkward email to the woman asking her again if she's brought it in?
Why not offer to buy her dinner to ease the awkwardness? :)
posted by plep at 8:55 AM on April 26, 2011