Jill had a great job interview on Tuesday. She left the building; the final words of her prospective employer still whirling in her head, “We should be back to you by the end of the week.”

That evening, she kept the phone close at hand, just in case they made an early decision. All day Wednesday, she cradled the phone, knowing it was too soon, yet hoping for The Call. Now, it was Thursday. “Thursday is the start of the end of the week”, she told herself, as she brought her phone into the bathroom. “You never know when it may ring,” she rationalized. Through- out the day and into the night, she never strayed from her phone, her hope. By 10pm that evening, she adjusted her inner dialogue. “I guess Friday is really the end of the week.” I know they will call me tomorrow.

She jumped out of bed Friday morning, taking a very early shower. She could not risk missing The Call. She spent each minute, each hour, in her own little world, obsessed with the silence of her phone, waiting for The Call. The silence, so deafening, she could not concentrate on anything else. It was now 4pm, still, no Call. What should she do?

Coming Soon: Making the Follow up Phone Call.

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