#8. FOLLOW UP WISELY
After meeting someone in person, send an email the following day requesting a 15-minute meeting at their office. And when you’re doing so, be formal and present yourself like a serious job seeker, not a lout who wants to bullshit about the Lakers. “Don’t be too colloquial,” she adds. “You don’t want to pick their brain or grab coffee — they’re not your buddy. You want that person to think you think your job search is more important than having coffee; you’re looking to have a meeting to discuss your career.”
If they don’t respond to that email, Manciagli recommends sending another email seven working days later. “Be polite and attach prior messages. Spacing it out with seven working days — not calendar days — isn’t pestering, it’s how people get jobs.”
If they don’t respond to the third email, cross them off the list.
