Should I reach back out to a fellowship program that's ignored me?

[reca]

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Kind of in a conundrum and was hoping for some advice. I was interested in applying to a Behavioral Neurology/Neuropsychiatry fellowship and emailed the program asking about their application details. I got a response back a few days later from the PD saying they'd be excited to talk with me about details over the phone and meet up in person at the ANPA conference. Also asked for a CV. I responded back with my CV attached as well as phone number., then got an email from the APD saying we should set up a conference call. We set up a date and time. Time hit....no phone call. Waited about 10 minutes, then sent an email saying, "Hi, just wanted to touch base about our conference call today. My phone number is xxxxxxxx. Looking forward to talking with you." That was a full week ago, no response or acknowledgement.

So....now I'm confused as to how to proceed. Should I reach out again? Or Is this a way of them saying, "Yeah, we're not interested." Super unprofessional if so, but ok, at least I know not to bother further.

 

[deleted480308]

Maybe the apd left, contact the program again

 

[Mass Effect]

Definitely contact the program. This is odd. I wonder if there was some kind family emergency or something.

 

[TexasPhysician]

I would reach out. While not the most professional on their end, people make mistakes or are just disorganized or it’s some sort of poor strategy.

I’m looking at 2 PT jobs right now.

job 1: I respond. No follow-up in 3 weeks. I call and have a phone interview set up. I’m told to prep for phone interview #2. 1 month goes by. I email and then have phone interview #2. They tell me to await a call the next day. Nothing. 2 weeks later I email. Now they are flying out corporate to meet me in person in 2 months. Seems like overkill, but it’s their money. They say they really want me but it doesn’t show.

Job 2: I’m probably more active here due to frustration with job 1. In-person discussion and told I’d be emailed ASAP about next step. 3 days later I’m emailing about the plan. Reply adds another person and I’m told he will assist. 2 days later and I’m sending another email about the plan. Now waiting on day 2.

These jobs are PT contractor jobs at large companies. Both have tipped their hands as to needing someone badly. 1 actually has rented space that they pay monthly with $0 revenue due to no physician to start it. Either they are disorganized or are sooooo profitable that they don’t care or think slow playing it will result in me taking lower pay.

That’s a long winded response to the fact that if you want something, you have to fight for it no matter how far along you come.

 

[dl2dp2]

^^ agree 100%.

You can always call. One very basic but critical skill interpersonal to succeed in a white-collar economy is to be able to pester in a gentle way without seeming desperate.

You can always lie about your level of enthusiasm for the job to get brownie points. This strategy almost always works. People will never be offended by compliments, and in their heart of hearts, they also always expect to be disappointed. It's never too late to give up until after a very clear rejection. NO response is often a no, but it's also not interpretable. When no response is not pursued, YOU are typically interpreted as being uninterested.

This also works on Tindr. Very basic interpersonal skill.

 

[heartsink]

You can always lie about your level of enthusiasm for [blank] to get brownie points. This strategy almost always works. People will never be offended by compliments, and in their heart of hearts, they also always expect to be disappointed. It's never too late to give up until after a very clear rejection. NO response is often a no, but it's also not interpretable. When no response is not pursued, YOU are typically interpreted as being uninterested.

This also works on Tindr. Very basic interpersonal skill.

Its tragically comic that in today's day and age, you can replace [blank] with a white-collar job, or a new date from Tinder, and the paragraph makes complete sense either way.