Should you call after you applied to a job?

[ykdadamaja]

Seems a simple question, but this generation has turned it upside down from my resume days where I would bombard the HR department with resumes then follow up several calls a week.

At least in I.T. if you do that, they now discount you. Worse is that no longer could I apply for a job through several temp agencies. Now if that occurs, they discount that as well. When I got my gig working for State of Ohio they want you to sign stating I YKDamaja consent to rent-a-worker temp service to represent me.

If your industry isn't picky like that...ring their phone off the hook!! 30 million unemployed is nothing less than not good. Wish the best- take that job.

It's a diplomatic job with the US govt. It posted an advertisement in my section of the paper, which spoke to all of my quals and experience. I felt as if they were hunting me. lolol... Who else in my small country would have the quals they are looking for but me? lolol....