This is really one of my biggest pet peeves about job hunting. Folks call you up for a phone interview, love what you have to say, talk about making the arrangements to have you come up for an interview, ask you what the best days are to come up, tell you what day they're going to call you with the arrangements, you get all psyched up...

and then, no one ever calls.

Why? Why do that to someone? Not only that, but they simply choose to never acknowledge you again. If you can't afford to fly me up, if you can't fit me into your budget this year, fine. But, for Christ's sake, call me up and tell me. It is the most rude and inappropriate action to take when you're trying to get someone into a position at your company. It makes me lose respect for you as a company and even more respect for the individual who had me going for a few minutes there.

Follow through. No news is good news? In this case, never. No news is god-awful frustrating and no one wants to deal with it. Always follow through with people because you never know where they might end up along the way, in a position to help you.

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