Leaving a Message?
Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter offers an important tactic for leaving a message when you are networking. (from the archives)
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If you are out there trying to find work, you’re probably out there trying to network with people. How are you doing it? Your emailing. Hopefully, you are also calling not just simply hiding behind email and expecting that to do all the work for you. Hopefully not hiding behind LinkedIn and not just simply sending inMails to folks. Instead, if you are going to be calling someone, I want you to think about the message that you are to leave for them proactively.
I had a few calls recently where people left messages that were absolutely awful. It was clear that they were thinking of what to say on the spot and, as a result, 1 of them did leave a phone number, another one forgot to give me any way to get a hold of them… It’s ridiculous. Just be clear about what you want to say when you call someone.
If you are networking, simply say, ” I wanted to reconnect with you. It is been a long time. Please give me a call back at …” In very simple ways, leave messages that are clear about what you are trying to accomplish, AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU TELL THEM HOW TO REACH YOU!
By the way, follow up with an email just because folks are busy, they are more likely to get the email if they are in meetings and act on it quickly. Then they might with a phone call. Leave a voicemail but follow up with an email.
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