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Module 30 - Follow-Up Letters and Calls and Job Offers

Part 2: Answers to Textbook Assignments

Questions for Comprehension

30.1 What should you do in a follow-up call? (LO 30-1)

Address these questions: “Is there more information I can give you?”; “I’ve been giving a lot of

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30.2 What should you do in a follow-up letter? (LO 30-1)

Remind the reader of what he or she liked about you, counter any negative impressions,

30.3 What should you do if the first offer you get isn’t from your first-choice employer?

30.4 Why should you phone rather than write or e-mail your first-choice employer after

you’ve received another job offer? (LO 30-2)

Phoning can be more immediate and personal than either writing or e-mailing, showing the

potential employer that the applicant wants to give the first-choice employer an opportunity to

30-1 to LO 30-3)

Students’ answers will vary, but some common strategies include emphasizing the positive,

30.7 Is it ethical for a quiet, reserved person to try to seem more enthusiastic? (LO 30-3)

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30.8 Writing a Follow-Up Letter after an Onsite Visit (LO 30-1 to LO 30-2)

This problem will be easier for students who have actually had office visits or plant trips and for

students whose interviews have gone well.

Polishing Your Prose: Who/Whom and I/Me (Odd-numbered answers are in the back of

the textbook.)

2. Delores asked Shannon and me to pick Bella up from Sioux Gateway Airport.

4. I was wondering who is expecting to take a vacation in July or August.

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