My friend J believes in following up by telephone. She would always encourage me to do so when I was searching frantically for a job last November. I do think following up on the telephone is a good idea. You get your answers quicker — but do people find it annoying? I’d love to get some PRs perspective on this, because I did following up when I was applying for journalism jobs.
It reminds me of Gaga’s latest single with Beyoncé, Telephone. I know it will be a smash hit. In it, both singers lament about an obsessive lover who will not stop calling their mobiles.
I wonder if this can be applied to looking for a job in PR. I would assume so if you keep calling week after week, but I still think it is necessary, even though it is not a nice feeling to do.
It feels like a cat and mouse game: calling and calling just to hear whether you have found the cheese or just the holes.
[Image credit: Retrophones/edited by me in Photoshop]
