Follow up email after online resume submission?

clseale13

I always do follow ups/thank you letters after interviews, but what about after a resume submission? The opinion on the 9-5 board is that you should do a follow up for resumes as well, but I don't want to be a pain in the ass. 

 I applied for a job on the 20th and immediately got the automated "thank you for your resume" email. It said in the email that no phone calls will be accepted to check on the application status. In the job listing there is a generic "careers" email listed incase you have trouble with their online system.

Should I send a follow up email to that address? What would I say? I know they received my resume, but is it still a good idea to check in and reiterate my interest in the job? Should I just leave it alone?

LXLX

I'm not sure if this is right, but I would only send a follow up email to something like that if I had a specific person's email address. I wouldn't send it to a general email address. If I had a specific email address AND there was an online job application process, I would apply online and then send my resume to the person's email address with my resume and a tailored cover letter specific to that job and mention I had applied online. Again, not sure if this is correct or not, just what I did while I was job searching.

Do you have a solid cover letter that you email with your resume? Mine was AWFUL (like... abysmal) before someone looked at it and I really feel like tweaking that made a huge difference in the amount of responses I got back.

Madisen

clseale13:

 I applied for a job on the 20th and immediately got the automated "thank you for your resume" email. It said in the email that no phone calls will be accepted to check on the application status. In the job listing there is a generic "careers" email listed incase you have trouble with their online system.

Given the bolded, I would not.

clseale13

Madisen:

clseale13:

 I applied for a job on the 20th and immediately got the automated "thank you for your resume" email. It said in the email that no phone calls will be accepted to check on the application status. In the job listing there is a generic "careers" email listed incase you have trouble with their online system.

Given the bolded, I would not.

Thanks. That's what I was thinking. I figured that given those things, I did enough on my end. I'm sure they're busy enough & don't need a ton of people bugging them. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't committing some job search faux pas.

LB- I do have one I use, but I'm sure it's a mess. It's a standard one that was developed years ago that I just keep changing the info in. I'm sure it would benefit from a revision. 

LXLX

I'm far, far from an expert but I have hardcore job searched recently and I'd be glad to share my findings.

clseale13

Lucille Bluth:

I'm far, far from an expert but I have hardcore job searched recently and I'd be glad to share my findings.

That would be great. I'm very appreciative of any help/advice. Thanks!

chinchilla fiesta

Lucille Bluth:

I'm far, far from an expert but I have hardcore job searched recently and I'd be glad to share my findings.

Im butting in buying interested in this too. My cover letter is pretty awful and I'd just like to know what you (or anyone else with an opinion ) thinks a good one should contain.

LXLX

You both have PMs. I hate to put myself out there like I'm an expert at this - I was just in a shitty, unemployed situation where I had to work really hard to make my resume and cover letter appealing.

PantsOffDanceOff

I would hunt for an email and follow up. I would not send an email to a generic one though, there are plenty of ways to find someone in HR through LinkedIn.

clseale13

PantsOffDanceOff:

I would hunt for an email and follow up. I would not send an email to a generic one though, there are plenty of ways to find someone in HR through LinkedIn.

I did find the name of the head of HR. I was actually looking for it to see if by some miracle we had any shared contacts on Linkedin. I just wasn't sure if that was stalkerish/overstepping my bounds.

 Thanks, LB!!

dollfinn19

Lucille Bluth:

You both have PMs. I hate to put myself out there like I'm an expert at this - I was just in a shitty, unemployed situation where I had to work really hard to make my resume and cover letter appealing.

Would you mind sharing with me as well?  We did a good cover letter for DH yesterday, but it was for one specific job.  The rest he uses a more general one that could be spiced up a bit for sure!

LXLX

dollfinn19:

Lucille Bluth:

You both have PMs. I hate to put myself out there like I'm an expert at this - I was just in a shitty, unemployed situation where I had to work really hard to make my resume and cover letter appealing.

Would you mind sharing with me as well?  We did a good cover letter for DH yesterday, but it was for one specific job.  The rest he uses a more general one that could be spiced up a bit for sure!

YGPM

But FWIW, I think they should all be very job specific and tailored to the job listing.

PantsOffDanceOff

clseale13:

PantsOffDanceOff:

I would hunt for an email and follow up. I would not send an email to a generic one though, there are plenty of ways to find someone in HR through LinkedIn.

I did find the name of the head of HR. I was actually looking for it to see if by some miracle we had any shared contacts on Linkedin. I just wasn't sure if that was stalkerish/overstepping my bounds.

 

I do this all the time for work but I'm more aggressive than most. That's why I'm in sales.

dollfinn19

I agree.  That one in particular was just very easy to write because it's for something that interests him.  (he's branching out from his degree this time) 

luckyinlove11902

Madisen:

clseale13:

 I applied for a job on the 20th and immediately got the automated "thank you for your resume" email. It said in the email that no phone calls will be accepted to check on the application status. In the job listing there is a generic "careers" email listed incase you have trouble with their online system.

Given the bolded, I would not.

Agreed. I think you're better off not sending one in this case.