If a recruiter won't answer your intro emails, does that mean they aren't impressed with your book or there's not a junior position open and they don't have time to answer? Genuinely wanting to know.

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If you follow up a few times and don’t get a reply, it’s a ‘no.’

Don’t take it personally though there are a lot of reasons why they aren’t hiring.

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They might not have even looked at your book though. They may have their inbox set to filter emails from prospectives to a separate folder. You can check the analytics on your website to see where the IP addresses are coming from. I sent out a mass of hi-hey-hello emails to recruiters about a week ago. Of the dozen or so agencies I contacted, the traffic history tells me maybe 6 have looked at my work thus far.

It’s also just January. A lot of places haven’t finished re-scoping their budgets yet.

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@cw1 that makes me feel much better, thank you!

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You’re welcome! This part of our job is probably the worst- the tossing things out into the void of email inboxes and then waiting to hear back. Good luck out there!

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Thanks Ogilvy 1 for the advice, I appreciate it.

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