Skills Assessment Follow-Up Strategies For Candidates

I have a lot of candidates email me months after we’ve spoken about roles and say, “Has anything new opened up that would match my skillset?” Oof. I don’t know off hand. Here’s what to include when following up with a recruiter: - Re-attach your resume - Put in the email a quick summary of your experience, and if possible, reference anything memorable from the interaction. It’s been a few months. A recruiter probably remembers your name but it is very difficult to recall your exact experience with no additional information included. - Since you’ve spoken, include anything new (I just got a promotion, I’m leading an additional group, I completed XYZ certification). It's OK to brag - we know you are awesome! - Do the leg work and look at the company's careers page. Did you see anything you’re interested in? Include a link to that and say why you think you’re qualified or why you want to learn more You don’t need to email a novel, but when you send a “You Up?” email, you are basically asking a recruiter to go back through their notes, find your resume and notes from the conversation, scour the company’s careers page and try to guess what might fit. That’s a lot of work for them. It might seem manageable, but recruiters speak to often thousands of candidates a year. Hope that helps! I know it’s frustrating when people don’t respond to your emails, so make it as easy as possible for them! Good luck with the search - I am rooting for you! #applyingforjobs #jobinterviewtips #recruiting

The follow-up email that got me the job (and the one that didn't) 📧 BAD follow-up (my actual email from 2019): "Thank you for your time yesterday. I'm very interested in this position and look forward to hearing from you soon." Result: Crickets. 🦗 GOOD follow-up (learned my lesson): "Hi Beth, Thanks for explaining the challenges with your product launch timeline. I've been thinking about our conversation and found this case study that faced similar issues. They solved it by using the approach below. Would love to discuss how this might apply to your situation. Best, Me" Result: Job offer within 48 hours. ✨ Here's what actually works: ✅ Reference a specific conversation detail (shows you were listening) ✅ Add value (article, insight, connection, solution) ✅ Ask a thoughtful follow-up question ✅ Send within 24 hours (not 5 minutes, not 5 days) What doesn't work: ❌ Generic "thank you for your time" templates ❌ Desperately asking about timeline updates ❌ Sending your portfolio again (they already have it) ❌ Following up daily like a clingy ex The best follow-up I ever received as a hiring manager: Candidate sent a one-page strategy doc addressing the exact problem we discussed. Didn't ask for the job - just said "thought you might find this useful." Hired them immediately. Pro tip: Your follow-up should make them think "Wow, imagine having this person on our team" not "Please stop emailing me." What's the boldest follow-up move you've ever made? Did it work? P.S. Emails above actually worked, which landed me positions before I was laid off again. Still haven't found my forever work home, but hoping that changes soon. :) #InterviewTips #FollowUpStrategy #JobSearch #HiringHacks #CareerMoves

The best people we've hired have done a single thing that's made them stand out above the rest. Every is capable of doing it, and few actually do. It is this -- Proactive interview followup with value This is how you do it. During your interview with a hiring manager ask "What are your top 3 challenges this quarter" -- and ask follow up questions to really understand the problems. After the interview -- Pick 1 of 3 the problems and make 3-5 slides about how you would solve the problem. Make assumptions about how the business is run and call out where you're making assumptions. Here's the catch -- you'll likely be WRONG about your solutions (because you're an outsider). That is okay. This is a display of proactivity, initiative, and problem solving. It shows that you can do the job and creates great content for the next interview. NEXT -- Create a 2min Loom (or written memo via email) to pair along with the slides and send it to the HM (and, as relevant, any other interviewers) This is in addition to any homework / take home assessment that is part of the interview. It's secret extra credit. Go do it and let me know how it goes