If you have been applying to jobs it is likely you will receive calls from numbers you don’t recognise, don’t screen them, you won’t want to be missing that all important interview request.
Do you have a voicemail? If not, get one! How else can potential graduate recruiters let you know they have tried to contact you, they will be calling a number of people and may not try twice.
Also ensure that your voicemail is professional not a silly message recorded years ago as a joke, you won’t want an offensive or distasteful message to be the first impression they have of you.
Always answer in a friendly, approachable, upbeat manner - even if the number isn’t recognised, or you’re still in bed, so that you portray confidence and your personality shines through. A great tip is to ask how they are before they ask you if at all possible.
Avoid one word answers, make their job easy and you’ll get off to a great start for getting that graduate job.
