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So yesterday I get an e-mail from my boss telling me to return a call from a prospective intern regarding his application (we hadn't gotten it) and when we'd be interviewing. I was mildly annoyed because, hello, he could have done that in less time than it took him to tell me to do it. But this is not unusual, so I grumble about it and then make the call. This is what happens (I'm paraphrasing slightly, of course... and bracketed words are thoughts):
Telephone: ring ring ring
Me: [huh, doesn't appear he's there, sweet! Just a message, then...]
Telephone: ring ring ring
Me: [Hmm... I hope if he's in class he turned the ringer off...]
Telephone: ring ring
Him: Hello?
Me: Hello, this...
Him: Hello?
Me: Uh, hello? (pause)
Him: Oh, hey, what's up?
Me: (awkward silence)
Him: Yeah, yeah.
Me: [well this is weird, did something happen and I'm listening to one side of a cell conversation?]
Him: Hey, that's cool (pause) Nah, I'm just messing with you, I'm not really here... leave a message (blah blah blah)
So I leave my message, and then e-mail my boss that he really should have called the guy back and heard his voicemail. To which he replied, "I did - why do you think I had you call himm back? I talked to that thing for 10 seconds and when he got to the 'it's a joke' part I got pissed off and slammed down the phone!"
I'm guessing this incident might lessen his chances of getting a job with us... And in talking to some other people at work, it seems this kind of voicemail is popular with teen/early 20s boys, at least. But for the love of dog, when you're looking for a job, change it to something more professional! When I was younger, in college, my roommates and I had our share of dippy answering machine messages, but we'd change it to something bland and generic when anyone had job applications out. Now, I've far outgrown thinking that's at all interesting and if you get my voicemail/answering machine a generic computer voice will greet you. Uninteresting? Sure. But I'm willing to bet it'll never make me lose out on an interview.
Telephone: ring ring ring
Me: [huh, doesn't appear he's there, sweet! Just a message, then...]
Telephone: ring ring ring
Me: [Hmm... I hope if he's in class he turned the ringer off...]
Telephone: ring ring
Him: Hello?
Me: Hello, this...
Him: Hello?
Me: Uh, hello? (pause)
Him: Oh, hey, what's up?
Me: (awkward silence)
Him: Yeah, yeah.
Me: [well this is weird, did something happen and I'm listening to one side of a cell conversation?]
Him: Hey, that's cool (pause) Nah, I'm just messing with you, I'm not really here... leave a message (blah blah blah)
So I leave my message, and then e-mail my boss that he really should have called the guy back and heard his voicemail. To which he replied, "I did - why do you think I had you call himm back? I talked to that thing for 10 seconds and when he got to the 'it's a joke' part I got pissed off and slammed down the phone!"
I'm guessing this incident might lessen his chances of getting a job with us... And in talking to some other people at work, it seems this kind of voicemail is popular with teen/early 20s boys, at least. But for the love of dog, when you're looking for a job, change it to something more professional! When I was younger, in college, my roommates and I had our share of dippy answering machine messages, but we'd change it to something bland and generic when anyone had job applications out. Now, I've far outgrown thinking that's at all interesting and if you get my voicemail/answering machine a generic computer voice will greet you. Uninteresting? Sure. But I'm willing to bet it'll never make me lose out on an interview.