Recruiting Best Practice: Email

There is one piece of the recruiting process that recruiters seem to be missing: email.
Yes, this sounds unbelievable but it is true. There are recruiters out there who do not follow up phone calls with emails.

I always considered email to be an integral part of the modern recruiting process because it is ubiquitous. So many people have smart phones with email capability that sending an email can be more effective than calling.

I have experienced this first hand as several recruiters have called me and not followed up with an email. One in particular has called me 3 times and has failed to email me even once. She always calls when I’m busy and never sends a follow up email. I actually tried to contact her on LinkedIn and to no avail. Needless to say, since I’m not actively searching for work, I will not call her back. Or at least not quickly as I would reply to an email.

What wrong? How can recruiters be missing out on this fundamental tool and integral part of the reaching out process?

It amazes me.

Recruiters, please use email as a follow up tool. You will close more business.

Good Luck!

Boston Technical Recruiter`

 

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