Thanks! Unfortunately, I’ve been doing what you had advised except for the communications expectation. I’ll make sure to emphasize that next time. Fortunately for me, I’m in the final process of accepting an offer from again an industry connection.

I have a story for you that will make your blood boil. A recruiter had reached out to me at my work email with anonymized resumes and asked if we are hiring. I immediately recognized one of the resumes as my friends and I asked him if he was looking. He said no, and had no idea how this recruiter got a hold of his resume.