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One of the biggest mistakes graduate engineers make while networking is taking every unanswered call personally.
You contact a manager.
They don’t call back.
Immediately, you begin thinking:
“They aren’t interested.”
“My experience isn’t good enough.”
“They probably don’t employ international graduates.”
“I must have said something wrong.”
But you normally have no evidence that any of those things are true.
Managers are busy people.
They may be working on a tender, dealing with a shutdown, travelling between sites, attending meetings or trying to solve an urgent project problem.
They may also have children, elderly parents, car problems, health concerns and all the other personal responsibilities that exist outside work.
Sometimes your two-week wait feels like two days to them.
Sometimes they genuinely forget.
Sometimes your message gets buried underneath another 50 emails and phone calls.
Their silence may have absolutely nothing to do with you.
Your responsibility is to follow up professionally without becoming emotional about it.
That does not mean calling someone repeatedly within an hour or applying pressure. It means maintaining a sensible follow-up process:
Leave a short and clear message.
Call again at a different time or on another day.
Speak with reception and confirm the correct contact.
Follow up after a reasonable interval.
If you were promised an interview or response, continue pursuing it politely.
Networking is rarely one perfectly timed conversation.
It is usually a series of small interactions that eventually lead to trust, a meeting or an opportunity.
Silence is not always rejection. Sometimes it is simply a busy person who needs a reminder.
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