Comments on: Follow Up Failure – 4 Mistakes Professionals Make When Securing Employment or Getting New Business and How to Avoid Them Using Flawless Follow Up http://sparkactionnow.com/follow-up-failures-4-follow-up-mistakes-professionals-make-when-securing-employment-getting-new-business-and-how-to-avoid-them-using-flawless-follow-up Action Strategies for Entrepreneurial Success with Marian Sparks! Tue, 22 Jun 2010 03:47:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Gerald Best http://sparkactionnow.com/follow-up-failures-4-follow-up-mistakes-professionals-make-when-securing-employment-getting-new-business-and-how-to-avoid-them-using-flawless-follow-up/comment-page-1#comment-10 Gerald Best Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:04:48 +0000 http://www.sparkactionnow.com/?p=135#comment-10 Marian, you are dead on. Often when I am cruising events, looking for talent, I find myself, even in this day and age, surprised to find a quick, relevant note from a candidate. Even the prospects that may have less than what I was looking for, I tend to receive a response. We just hired someone last month, that on second look was who we did not realize we needed. She was able to articulate our needs with believable solutions. I hope others catch on soon: The art of good follow up is as convincing as a great resume. Gerald Best Lockheed Martin Space Systems Marian, you are dead on.

Often when I am cruising events, looking for talent, I find myself, even in this day and age, surprised to find a quick, relevant note from a candidate.

Even the prospects that may have less than what I was looking for, I tend to receive a response.

We just hired someone last month, that on second look was who we did not realize we needed. She was able to articulate our needs with believable solutions.

I hope others catch on soon: The art of good follow up is as convincing as a great resume.

Gerald Best
Lockheed Martin Space Systems

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