Calling a person for a job

urahonky

Okay here's the situation:

I work at an Aerospace business, and have been here for almost a year and a half. My fiance is graduating from college with a degree in Biomedical Engineering. Unfortunately, doesn't have a job lined up yet. So I was talking with one of the head managers of my building, and found out he happen to know my fiance from High School. After a long discussion about how we are engaged and all the pleasantries, I got to talking about school.

He, let's call him Tom, said that another big manager, let's call him Jim, would quite possibly be interested in a Biomedical Engineer. After I got back to my desk I sent Tom an email and made sure if it was okay if I sent Jim an email asking to see if he'd like to contact my fiance.

He said he would contact Jim for me, and told me to shoot him an email. So I did. Jim agreed to talk with her, and said that she should call him up and he can see what he can do to get her a job.

I talked with my fiance and she finally worked up the courage to call him. This was about a week ago... And well, he didn't answer and she left a voicemail explaining everything.

He still hasn't called her back... So I ask you guys... Should I send him an email checking to see what's going on? I know he's been working on closing a lot of projects worth a lot of money, so it's possible he was just incredibly busy when she called him.

She refuses to call him back, and said it would be bothersome if she did. So I feel like I should send him an email and see if he can contact her. What say you guys?

Oz K. Fodrotski

Send another e-mail. It's entirely likely, at this point, that missing / not returning the call was innocent.

Tenacity, in this, is your ally.

urahonky

Oz K. Fodrotski wrote: »

Send another e-mail. It's entirely likely, at this point, that missing / not returning the call was innocent.

Tenacity, in this, is your ally.

I thought so too, but I wasn't sure if I was overthinking this too much or not.

life3

If I were your fiance(ok, this is already creepy but bear with me!) I would send an e-mail to the effect of:


Hey,
Called you before,
Left a message,
I'm so-and-so,
I would love to talk to you about this position,
when is a good time to reach you via telephone?



Of course I would spend time to write all that elegantly and professionally.

Maybe attach a resume to this e-mail as well. Overall, though, I think it's important for your fiance to do the remaining legwork. Show some initiative or what have you.

Thanatos

Worst-case scenario of calling him again: you upset him, and he doesn't give you a job.

Best-case scenario of not calling him again: he forgot about your call, and isn't going to give you a job.

urahonky

Hah, I agree Than. I just called her up and told her that she should email him (just like life3 said) and she said she'd do it when she gets finished with her senior design project here in an hour.

She got mad at me the last time I brought it up, but didn't this time... Odd. Anyway, thanks for the help guys. I'm sure that was easy.

ihmmy

if she's not willing to step up, then why should they bother hiring her? I mean, if she doesn't want it enough to call twice, well...
a second contact, BY HER, is in order. You can prod her but she should be the one to make the next move

urahonky

ihmmy wrote: »

if she's not willing to step up, then why should they bother hiring her? I mean, if she doesn't want it enough to call twice, well...
a second contact, BY HER, is in order. You can prod her but she should be the one to make the next move

I know. That's how I got my job. I hate calling and getting people's attention as much as the next guy. But for a job, you better believe I'll be calling some people.