In short, they forget to be short. When I kicked off my search I was convinced that my e-mail was to the point, informational, and would elicit a positive response.
The only response I got was that people were surprised it was not signed by the Unabomber. Okay, I’ll admit it was too long. See the Toolkit for “Networking e-mail Template” for my improved version.
People tend to send long e-mails, expect immediate call backs, getting a meeting scheduled this week, include more detail that you would have ever read when you were working.
Expectation setting #9: When you reach out to network, remember how busy you were when you worked and act accordingly
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