Who to call?
Who to call?
(OP)
I want to inquire about employment and career opportunities at a company. I have the name, number and e-mail of the recruitment manager but also of the engineering manager.
The question now is, do i bypass the recruitment manager and call the engineering manager directly? Would this look bad or would it be a strategic move on my part, getting past the "gate keeper" and directly to someone who would make a decision on who to hire?
The question now is, do i bypass the recruitment manager and call the engineering manager directly? Would this look bad or would it be a strategic move on my part, getting past the "gate keeper" and directly to someone who would make a decision on who to hire?





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Never, but never question engineer's judgement
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Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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I always felt the risk was too great for the best possible reward. It is a personal decision.
David
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"Good to know you got shoes to wear when you find the floor." - Robert Hunter
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Also, "inquire about employment and career opportunities at a company." ... is clearly the sort of thing you should talk to the HR guy about. There may be openings of which the engineering manager is unaware... like engineering manager.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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Your objective is to make him say something like "you know, we've got an opening that might suit you, can you come in and talk to us".
If you can get this to work, it will put you miles ahead of talking to some HR flunkie.
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Those of you in a hiring position, have you ever disqualified a candidate for calling to inquire about a position after you had interviewed said candidate?
I ask because a few months ago I had an interview that I thought went really well. I was up against the gun to make a decision about another position available and I called the company and they seemed genuinely annoyed at my "audacity" to call. I really liked the company, I thought I had made a good impression (I've gotten pretty good at determining this over the years) yet I never heard back from them. I even sent an email a couple of weeks later to inquire what happened and not even a "we went another direction" type email response.
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me:
"I hate to be pushy, but I have another opportunity, and I have to make a decision about that _today_. My friend C gave you my resume three weeks ago. Please, is there _any_ interest on your part?"
him:
<shuffle>
"Oh, here's your resume. Maybe I'll look at it tomorrow."
Right.
In a boss, this I don't need.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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Call the company to speak to the relevant person. Ask if there is any point sending in your resume.
If they say that they are not interested then push for them to be sent a copy 'for their records'.
I am now in a position where I am involved in the hiring and firing and while I sometimes find it annoying I have no issue with people contacting me directly.
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and it don't look good
Who ya gonna call?
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That was my very first thought at reading the thread title also.
"Good to know you got shoes to wear when you find the floor." - Robert Hunter