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Question About Contacts
I am an HR person in need of some advice.
I've decided to start looking for other positions and my first course of action (along with dusting off my resume) is reaching out to some of my connections. There is one recruiter in particular that I'd like to let know that I'm looking for new opportunities. All of our conversations have been on the phone and have been pretty informal even though we've never actually met. We are connected through LinkedIn as well. I also have her email address but we've never actually conversed that way.
Do you think I should:
1. Give her a call. I would have to call her during the workday, which means I'd be at work at the time which is generally unprofessional, but I guess I could technically be on break.
2. Send her a message through LinkedIn.
3. Send her an email to her work email address. My concern with this is that she only has my work email address and I don't know that she'd recognize my personal email as it uses my maiden name.
Also, since all of our contact thus far had been friendly/informal do you think it's okay to take a friendly/informal approach with her, or should I make it more professional given the circumstances?
Re: Question About Contacts
LinkedIn and/or the work email option sound best. If you think she won't recognize your email address, just include a sentence like, "It's so and so from (name of mutual thing)." I've been in situation #1 and it can be awkward so I would just avoid.
You could also email her and ask if there is any possible way for her to call you after hours (at her convenience, of course) .
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I would make the phone call. That is the easiest way to convey exactly what you are interested in. In the past I've made these phone calls during work, but have left the office to go sit in my car. Or you could always go "out to lunch" and make the call from your car (not while driving). Perhaps you could call her before/after work and leave a message giving her the heads up that you will be emailing her for more assistance, so that she's on the look out for your email.
Good luck!