Will calling HR do more bad than good?

Question

A few weeks ago I saw a job that I am pefect for. I have taken the following steps.

1. I submitted a cover letter and resume via the companies website.

2. I wanted to snail mail my resume to a recruiter at the company, so I did some research and found the name of a recruiting supervisor. I then snail mailed my resume and cover letter to the recruiting supervisor.

It's been a few weeks now and I've heard nothing back from the company or the recruiting supervisor. I'm thinking of giving the recruiting supervisor a call and asking her when they are planning to start scheduling interviews.

What do you think, should I make the call? Please keep in mind that the recruiting supervisor never listed her name on the job posting and I found her purely via my own research.

My thought is that I have nothing to lose.


I've done some research and have found the contact information for one of the companies local recruiting managers. I snail mailed a copy of my resume to the manager

Answer 1

I am a manager in the HR department at a large company and I would say "yes" it never hurts to notify us. Like you say, you have nothing to lose. And keep in mind they probably get tons of applicants or resumes to go through, plus additional job functions. I never really take into account if an applicant has called me or not to check on the job status. Plus, it will keep you mind at ease if they filled the job or not. The only thing I would say is probably don't call continously.

Answer 2

Heck yeah! You may even be late. I always followup with a phone call about a week after mailing the package off.

The only thing I would have done differently is research who the hiring manager would have been and snail-mailed it to him or her. Recruiters don't make hiring decisions, hiring managers do.

The recruiting supervisor will probably see the one from the website so you're just annoying him with a duplicate.