How to follow up on a job application the right way

20, Nov, 2023

The period after an application or interview can fill you to the brim with anxiety. There’s a lot of waiting in the wings, not knowing whether to reach out or to keep your hand off the keyboard or phone.

Luckily there are best practices you can follow to be assured you’re taking the right approach to your follow-up communications. An article we found from BetterUp has those practices ready to share with you. First and foremost is why it’s so important to reach out in the first place.

Next the article discusses the when, before moving to how to do it, and what to say. It ends with three follow-up email examples, and discussing how to structure the even more dreaded followup phone call.