How long is an acceptable delay in responding to an email?

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I know this is random but if you had a chat with an HR person that had met you to talk about a potential job role and you had followed up with an email saying "hello, thanks for the chat when sound I hear about next steps etc"

When would you expect to hear any type of response? ( there's a 6 hrs time difference and the HR person needs to get another person to sign off on something, the other person is 2hrs behind the hr person)

What's your thoughts?

If I read this correctly you are hoping for a job with these people. If so I think it was a mistake to send a "chasing" email after the meeting. Employ a modicum of patience and let them decide in their own time. You're coming across as "pushy'.

2 days max

A week

Thanks for your opinion, I understand how it may look from my post. It was a very casual conversation that happened over a week ago and I had heard nothing so I suppose realistically I think he's ghosting me but I would like to definitely know either way so that I can make an informed decision on other options that may present themselves to me. Perhaps it looked pushy to him but I think it came across as a genuine query. Who knows tho 🤷‍♀️

Sorry, to be clear, I meet with him over a week ago and heard nothing. Emailed yesterday and still nothing.

Then Friday or Monday night max

Absolutely nonsense .

I work in Talent and it's an area VERY often people need to chase as things can move slow , people are overwhelmed with volume of work and applicants atm !

I'd be following up after two days no response .

@stevalnamechanger I completely understand people are extremely busy so I don't want to hound him, my partner thinks I should draw a line under it now tho as he thinks if they wanted me they would have at least told me that they are waiting on things getting lined up their end. I was so excited about this opportunity and couldn't believe I was contacted ( I had previously been offered the job but they rescinded the offer due to reasons beyond their control) it all feels very strange now

I recruit and it’s a good thing to send an email thanking someone for their time and expressing that you are interested in the position. Ignore what @Geo42 says. Seriously.
it’s considered in my field rude to not follow up with an email. And for the last twenty years it has been absolutely standard advice to do so.

@MaggieBsBoat thank you kindly- i appreciate that so much. I sent the email yesterday but he is now back in USA, 6 hours behind me so I'm not sure what to make of it all really. I ( naively) thought I'd have received acknowledgement of my email but I'm a bit of a goody two shoes for going the extra mile for people lol lol

If you're a job applicant, there's a good chance you NEVER hear back. Companies ghost applicants at all points in the process and have done for years. (Then they started whining when the labour market turned in candidates' favour and some applicants started ghosting the employers they weren't interesting.)

*weren't interested in.

@EnthENd I was previously offered the job last year but they had to rescind the offer because of financial reasons. He met me to ask me was I still interested. I said yes but do I have to go through the recruitment process again and was told no I was basically getting first refusal before having to recruit again. It's all weird now

Just follow up . What's the harm .

Talent / recruiter here