Recruiter follow-up ettiquette

Anonymous

January 3,2024 at 4:06PM UTC

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Recruiter follow-up ettiquette

I am in a process with a recruiter who said he'd reach out to the hiring manager yesterday for a response on next steps (he let me know prior to the new year). Do I email him expressing my continued interest or is that actually a bad idea because I'd annoyingly be clogging his inbox?

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AnonymousJanuary 3,2024 at 8:09PM UTC
If you're still interested, feel free to follow up with your continued interest. 48 hours after he said he'd contact the hiring manager is a reasonable rule of thumb to expect a response (given that he's also waiting on the hiring manager to get back to him)
AnonymousJanuary 10,2024 at 3:40PM UTC
If the last conversation was before the new year, following up on the next steps is okay unless you were given a timeframe that has not yet passed. I agree with the others about asking for the next steps as the last question in the interview. I am in a similar situation, but the recruiter informed me at the end of December that my information had been forwarded to the hiring manager and that I should expect to hear back within four weeks. They also said to take the holidays into account. In that case, I will wait until after February 1st to follow up if I haven't heard anything.