Telephone calling

Telephone Calling

• Be prepared - write a script including questions to ask, have pen, paper next to you.
• Use names - your own, the receptionist and the employer (personnel officer).
• Be friendly and co-operative.
• Be clear and concise - speak clearly.
• Sound confident, but not over confident.
• Always know to whom you are talking.
• Be practiced at what you are saying.
• Try to get a interview. If you don't, send a resume and ask for other job leads.
• Be realistic.
• Smile!
• Treat others as you would like to be treated.
• Keep at it! This is a proven, successful method of getting the job you want.
• Always know to whom you are talking - ask their name and position.
• Never tell the secretary or the switchboard operator that the call is personal.
• Offer something of interest to the employer.
• What you say in the first few seconds will determine how successful you will be. Directly asking for employment is an immediate turnoff and permits a quick and final "NO THANKS". Perhaps you could ask for advice and information. This is more likely to get you an attentive ear.