recruitment advice for juniors

[AZTheta]

VS, you were anything BUT rude.

Bronco, you are exhibiting "Fast Food Behavior/Mentality". You want it your way and you want it instantly. There's no drive-through lane for recruitment, however. University staff are overworked and stretched thin everywhere; the economy has impacted higher education just as much (if not more, in some instances) as every other profession. I work at a University. I know.

A polite and courteous request, coupled with patience, often is the best route to follow. Should you not get a response within a reasonable time (a week), then you either follow up with another email request, or you make a personal appearance.

Good luck to you.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Bronco

I thought 33girl meant an independent office or something.

Webpage = office?

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by AzTheta

VS, you were anything BUT rude.

Bronco, you are exhibiting "Fast Food Behavior/Mentality". You want it your way and you want it instantly. There's no drive-through lane for recruitment, however. University staff are overworked and stretched thin everywhere; the economy has impacted higher education just as much (if not more, in some instances) as every other profession. I work at a University. I know.

A polite and courteous request, coupled with patience, often is the best route to follow. Should you not get a response within a reasonable time (a week), then you either follow up with another email request, or you make a personal appearance.

Good luck to you.

I'm cut from the cloth where if I want or need something I do it myself and would walk to the office in person instead of sending one email and decide Greek Chat was my next move. The majority of the time I prefer face to face contact as it is harder for someone to forget about your phone message or email if you are standing right there. It just confuses me that there are names, numbers, and a location and that isn't acceptable and we're going to have campus specific information if someone rubs the Greekchat genie bottle. No kids, we're more like a Magic 8 ball here, sometimes yes, sometimes no, and very often the answer is:



I definitely see this as generational, as I've always had email but I don't find it to be the only way to communicate. But I'm SO RUDE I still practice the art of handwritten thank you notes and bring a local food gift if I stay at the home of someone outside my town.