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Of course you don’t mean to do it.  You’re just asking a question, or not reading the job description closely enough.  But there you’ve gone and done it.

A few weeks ago a friend of mine forwarded me an email from a prospective applicant.  She’s an HR Director for a company that people recognize and would want to work for. You don’t want to tick her off.

But someone did, and no matter how qualified they might be-she ain’t gonna call ‘em.

They sent her an email inquiring if she was still hiring for a job that was posted on Monster.com.  They didn’t send their resume, just asked her to let them know if she was still hiring, then they would apply.

She’s a busy woman.  Why should she have to take the time to reply to the prospective applicant that yes, she is indeed still accepting applications.  Also, by sending her that email, you’re implying that she’s not on top of her game and didn’t take the time to remove the posting.  Yes, I know that there are old postings on Monster, but you don’t confront those HR Directors, you either apply to those jobs or you don’t.

I know that applying for jobs is frustrating. I know it’s like throwing your resume repeatedly into a black hole, but don’t use that excuse to try to go straight to the source and buck the system.  Also don’t use it as an excuse to ignore any and all directions for submitting your resume.  If they want your resume cut and pasted into the email-then you cut and paste it; many companies block email attachments completely. If they say no phone calls, then don’t call them.

So be considerate of people on the other side of the application process.  They’re just doing their job-the least you can do is to not make it more difficult.

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