Hi all,
I have a quick question about recommenders. Before I ask, here's the an extremely short story that's important. I used to work for a director in my company in the business development team. Since then, I took another position within the same company in a different division. I've been in my current role for over 2 years now, and with my old director, I was in the role for about 1.5 years. I left the team with extremely positive assessments and a great professional working relationship with my director.
I was originally planning on applying to schools last year, but I had to push it off by a year (2012 to 2013). I'm starting to apply now, mostly R2, and need to ask my old director for a recommendation. He graciously agreed last year and started to write a little bit, but after I learned of my situation, I asked him to put it on hold until next year because of my personal issue.
Anyway, I e-mailed him last week (about 7-8 days now) to see if he would be willing to resume writing for this year. This director would be 1 of 2 recommenders for me this season. I really value his input, but after sending the e-mail, I haven't received a response. I know he's a busy guy, on travel a lot, but I don't know how to react to a 'no response.'
Do I e-mail him back? If so, what do I say? Do I just forget it and find someone else? My other recommender, aka my current manager, is completley on board and is my second recommender (all set here).
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
I have a quick question about recommenders. Before I ask, here's the an extremely short story that's important. I used to work for a director in my company in the business development team. Since then, I took another position within the same company in a different division. I've been in my current role for over 2 years now, and with my old director, I was in the role for about 1.5 years. I left the team with extremely positive assessments and a great professional working relationship with my director.
I was originally planning on applying to schools last year, but I had to push it off by a year (2012 to 2013). I'm starting to apply now, mostly R2, and need to ask my old director for a recommendation. He graciously agreed last year and started to write a little bit, but after I learned of my situation, I asked him to put it on hold until next year because of my personal issue.
Anyway, I e-mailed him last week (about 7-8 days now) to see if he would be willing to resume writing for this year. This director would be 1 of 2 recommenders for me this season. I really value his input, but after sending the e-mail, I haven't received a response. I know he's a busy guy, on travel a lot, but I don't know how to react to a 'no response.'
Do I e-mail him back? If so, what do I say? Do I just forget it and find someone else? My other recommender, aka my current manager, is completley on board and is my second recommender (all set here).
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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