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Would it help to mail my resume into big companies?

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manlymatt83

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Most companies have online methods of posting for jobs .... but would it help to get the address of big companies like IBM, etc. and mail my resume to them?
 
Not unless you have the name and number of the HR person for the specific job opening you are applying for. Otherwise you might as well wipe your arse with that resume because that would be a better use for it.
 
No. Companies that big get so many applications that managing paper resumes is almost impossible. Consequently, paper resumes get trashed most of the time. Sometimes they'll find their way onto the right person's desk, but rarely.

Consider this: an electronic application is going to go right into their system where it can be viewed by many (not one) person, can be applied to multiple jobs, can be easily sent to hiring managers, can be tracked through the process.

A paper resume only needs to get in the wrong pile or lose one sheet to ensure it's lost.

[edit] My job is an HR analyst and I have managed the applicant tracking system for a 30,000 person company. If that lends any validity to my viewpoint.
 
Originally posted by: mjuszczak
So don't send out ANY paper resumes?
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It likely won't make any difference one way or the other, but ALWAYS follow up with an electronic application. Email your resume if you have a contact person, but also create a profile on the company's site and apply for jobs, if they have an online site.
 
Originally posted by: mjuszczak
I wish I had a list of companies in North Jersey.
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Here's how I job search when I need to find work. I go to a major job site like Monster (although HotJobs is very strong on the east coast) and search for the area I want, with no filtering criteria on the type of job. I then look at the company names that pull up and go to their sites to see what jobs they have listed.

Job boards are EXPENSIVE, and most companies can't afford to post all their job listings out there. I use them as a jumping off point to locate companies in which to look.
 
careerbuilder is another site that works really well to find jobs. They are a lot cheaper than monster/hotjobs so a lot of the smaller companies can use them, and they also work in conjunction with local newspapers (here at least) so makes for more postings that way as well.

The reason most companies use online/electronic posting is because they have word catching schema for the 100's of resumes they get each month. When you submit a resume electronically it gets a "grade" based on what your resume has in it. Look online for good buzzwords. If its in paper theres no quick way to do this and thus it just gets filed in the circular file folder. I worked at a company with hr person (who previously did hr for a major university) hiring through careerbuilder, it was one of the most eye opening experiences ever given to me by my company 🙂

even us as a small company had to start requesting electronic resumes because the number of people applying outweighed our ability to process. Careerbuilder actually has built in features to "Grade" candidtaes which worked really well and weeded out a lot of people that were fake/underqualified/etc
 
Originally posted by: Drakkon
careerbuilder is another site that works really well to find jobs. They are a lot cheaper than monster/hotjobs so a lot of the smaller companies can use them, and they also work in conjunction with local newspapers (here at least) so makes for more postings that way as well.

The reason most companies use online/electronic posting is because they have word catching schema for the 100's of resumes they get each month. When you submit a resume electronically it gets a "grade" based on what your resume has in it. Look online for good buzzwords. If its in paper theres no quick way to do this and thus it just gets filed in the circular file folder. I worked at a company with hr person (who previously did hr for a major university) hiring through careerbuilder, it was one of the most eye opening experiences ever given to me by my company 🙂

even us as a small company had to start requesting electronic resumes because the number of people applying outweighed our ability to process. Careerbuilder actually has built in features to "Grade" candidtaes which worked really well and weeded out a lot of people that were fake/underqualified/etc
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CareerBuilder is not necessarily cheaper - if you have a deal with an existing newspaper in their chain, then yeah, they cut deals. Straight across though, they're roughly the same price as Monster or HotJobs.

My preference in job boards runs like this. Monster > CareerBuilder > HotJobs

Not all companies grade resumes, and some may only do it for certain job types. You're definitely way on target about keywords. Keywords are a BIG thing - that's what will get you pulled up when a resume database gets searched.
 
I'd also try dice.com for job postings, I've found it pretty useful. And I'd probably stick with applying online to companies, I've gotten responses a good number of times.
 
I just applied to about 20-30 companies on dice.com .. hopefuilly one of them will reply? I only applied to companies where I met all of their basic requirements and at least a few expanded requirements.

How long on average does it take for someone to reply? I started applying to companies a week or two ago and have only heard back from one... do they take theri time?
 
Originally posted by: mjuszczak
I just applied to about 20-30 companies on dice.com .. hopefuilly one of them will reply? I only applied to companies where I met all of their basic requirements and at least a few expanded requirements.

How long on average does it take for someone to reply? I started applying to companies a week or two ago and have only heard back from one... do they take theri time?
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most of the time about a month, unless thay are in desperate need.

 
Originally posted by: Rage187
Originally posted by: mjuszczak
I just applied to about 20-30 companies on dice.com .. hopefuilly one of them will reply? I only applied to companies where I met all of their basic requirements and at least a few expanded requirements.

How long on average does it take for someone to reply? I started applying to companies a week or two ago and have only heard back from one... do they take theri time?
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most of the time about a month, unless thay are in desperate need.
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OK cool. I'll wait a bit 🙂 So far I've applied to 20 places.
 
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