The Waiting Game… don’t play it!

There is something to be said for giving an interviewer time to get back to you after you’ve turned in a resume or gone in for a job interview. It’s funny how like dating the job search can be.
You’re on the prowl looking for the best possible match for you. You try a few different options out, give out your phone number, and wait for the call. If they don’t call you sit and wonder what you did wrong. “Did I have something in my teeth?” “Did they not like the way I looked?” “Did I say something stupid?”
These are things that plague us when we are looking for a job or a date. Either way there is one way to avoid being forgotten, and that’s don’t play the waiting game, pick up the phone and call.
In the movie Swingers they talk about the 3 Day rule, after you get a number you wait three days before you call back your potential date, any sooner and you are too desperate, any longer and they’ve moved on to someone else. This is completely applicable in the job hunting world. Is there a hard and fast three day rule? Of course not, each situation changes depending on the job. Either way, in dating and in the job hunt, wouldn’t you rather seem desperate than uninterested? Don’t wait too long, but don’t forget calling is an easy way to keep your application on the top of the pile.

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