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As a student, I don't have a whole lot of industry experience; however, I did manage to find a company who is "always hiring", and who said I would likely be a good fit in their teams.

I interviewed with them last year, but was told--despite their enthusiasm--that the company has recently taken on a group of new staff, and would get in touch with me at a specific date.

However, they didn't. I attempted to contact the manager who was supposed to email me, but he never replied to me. I then went straight to the co-founder, who set me up with a VP of the company. He replied consistently at first, and I've done everything he's asked of me. However, it's been two weeks since his last email, and I've tried to contact him, with no success.

How do I deal with these higher-ups who are either too busy to get back to me, or who are simply ignoring my messages? Is there a way I can politely contact them without seeming pushy?

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It sounds like they are not very interested in pursuing your services right now. I would probably start focusing my efforts elsewhere. – Chad Feb 26 at 15:34
@Eric no problem, you might want to familiarise yourself with the FAQ workplace.stackexchange.com/faq too. Welcome to the site! – RhysW Feb 26 at 15:46
@Chad I'd like to, but as I mentioned, my lack of demonstrable experience tends to mean many jobs won't take me. I am here to get advice, though, so thanks. :) – Eric Feb 26 at 15:59
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If they are this disorganised before you even join i would take that as a big red flag and pursue other interests, – RhysW Feb 27 at 13:36
@RhysW I think you and Chad are right. I've called him 3 times over the last two days and received no callback. It seems to be a dead end. Thanks for the help, though! – Eric Feb 28 at 3:16
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Option 1: Do nothing and nothing will happen. Only possible outcome is no job.

Option 2: Send another email which will probably be lost in the hundred or so emails the average upper level manager sees every day. Very, very unlikely to produce positive result

Option 3: Call him, put him on the spot and hope. Probably outcome negative.

Seems like option 3 is your best bet. All of them suck, and you have a low probability of success, but hey, a low probability is better than 0 probability.

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