So this portion of the lecture emphasizes the four P's. In the process of following up to reach an employer, the four P's are, be prepared, be polite, be professional and be persistent. You have to have great comp communication or impressive communication. Any contact you have with an employer needs to be professional, prepared, polite, professional and persistent are the four P's you want to keep you mindful of when you do the follow up phone call, being prepared, number one, be pleasant. When you make that first phone contact, you want to have your resume with you your contact information, and all of your your documents your employment package all that information and handily because that phone contact interview may lead to a phone interview that most employers are doing right now to screen out applicants. So when you make that contact, can you Considering the four P's, you also want to make sure that you're making a fine connection you representing yourself professionally at all times.

Pleasant The first thing you do is be pleasant greet person, greet a person. professionally. Good morning. Good afternoon. Identify yourself. My name is Leon price I'm calling to follow up with the application and the recruitment for the open line position, given the position that you're applying for.

The purpose of the call is for me, following up to see if you filled the position and what the next step might be. Demonstrate confidence. Number four, how do you demonstrate confidence in a phone call? You say I believe I'm an ideal match. I believe I meet all the requirements. I believe there'll be a good fit for me.

I'm excited about the position that's demonstrating confidence. And again, as we mentioned before, I have a pen and paper ready to take notes. Take contact information, record email addresses from everyone you meet you may come in contact with. You definitely want to make a personal contact with someone in that organization. Get an email address a phone number so you can follow up Because otherwise you would just be one of many in a in a sea of online applicants, you want to make yourself noticeable here I am. Once you make yourself noticeable, you have connected a name with a outstanding employment packet.

So they may say, Hey, I remember speaking this person over the phone, let's draw and look for information specifically, sometimes that is the necessary step that you may take Otherwise, they may never even notice you. So you have to be assertive, that persistence, which is the fourth P is persistent, do not take no for an answer. If you try and speak to someone, or for example, asking for the hiring manager, that person may not be available. Your next question should be well, when will that person be available? When will be a good time to reach them? Can I come down for a person to person interview is there someone else that I may speak to?

You are being persistent, just like the athlete, you apply the same competitive spirit as you would as an athlete in your employment search. These are the four Ps polite, professional and persistence. I want you to practice this in your in your activities here to call up somebody and call up a friend and practice this persistence of being polite, being professional, being persistent and being prepared. This is a necessary and very necessary aspect of the training. You definitely need to be well versed. You need to be comfortable, speak your resume, you need to be confident you need to be comfortable, you need to be credible.

So I suggest you roleplay and try this activity several times before you actually do the active real activity of making that phone contact.