5 Ways to Follow Up Without Being An**ying
 

5 Ways to Follow Up Without Being An**ying
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I had a conversation with a friend the other day about his job search that went something like this:

Friend: I wrote to him last week and still haven’t heard back. It’s so frustrating.
Me: Why **t follow up and check in?
Friend: I don’t want to be an**ying.

The fear is understandable** one wants to be an**ying or bothersome to a professional contact, especially when you want a job, meeting, sales dollars, or something else very important from that person.

But here’s the rub. The average person can get a few hundred emails a day. That makes it pretty tough to respond to all of them, and things naturally fall to the bottom of the list. If you don’t get a response, it doesn’t mean that someone’s ig**ring you — it just may mean that he or she is too busy. Read more...

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