Follow-up after an interview

[Play and Learn]

If I want a certain family, I will send them an email or call to let them know that I am interested in having their child in my care, and to let me know by "set" date as the spot might be taken. After getting this email, they tend to respond back.

But don't feel bad if they don't. I find that people in general this day and age don't have the common courtesy to call back just to say yay or nay.

[Spixie33]

If I want a certain family, I will send them an email or call to let them know that I am interested in having their child in my care, and to let me know by "set" date as the spot might be taken. After getting this email, they tend to respond back.

But don't feel bad if they don't. find that people in general this day and age don't have the common courtesy to call back just to say yay or nay I.

I usually haven't ever contacted anyone back but I really agree with the last part.

Parents often say they are happy and will let you know but chances are that usually means no. You can usually tell the ones that are really interested.

I do try to nail it down to a specific time frame by asking families I think could work "So when do you plan to make your decision by?"

Then I wait that week or two weeks or whatever they say and leave it at that.

Some parents say they will let you know either way - but you hear nothing. It just seems to be the name of the game. I guess they figure no answer is an answer but it is hard when you see a family and hope they will contact you because they seem nice and then wait and hope and check the machine every day and hear nothing back. It is disheartening.

That said...I have probably done the same thing when I was interviewing as a parent. I think parents don't realize that there really is a provider wondering and waiting to hear something back