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Most corporations have budgetary restrictions on numbers of personnel they can hire at each level.
Sure, one can apply or send in their resume at any time. But what's the chances of that doing anything when there's no openings?
yeah i mean that's why i asked, to get people's opinions on whether or not its worth it. but i guess i thought that since it's a cpa firm, if they took on another employee who is already experienced and up to speed they could bring in more clients/work. i feel like if it's a client based business they can only bring on a certain number of clients with a certain number of employees... so an extra employee means extra clients. i could be totally wrong though lol.
I worked many years for a branch of a large corporation. If they are not hiring, mailed in or delivered in person, your resume goes in the circular file.
yeah i mean that's why i asked, to get people's opinions on whether or not its worth it.
This is a bit different from your OP. I originally assumed you were interested in seeing if an unsolicited resume would get you blacklisted, but your more recent post asks if it is worth the effort.
No, an unsolicited resume won't get you blacklisted, but it most likely wouldn't help either. It is really, really unlikely to pay off to the extent that it is worth spending postage on.
Your job hunting time and energy are better spent tailoring applucations to advertised positions.
A small company it might work, and preferably a smaller community where they might welcome some new input. Most places it won't work, but a few places it might.
Personally? maybe you can try. I got my first real job going personally to the company, gave the reception my CV, asked her if there are openings and she told me she will check. I said thank you and walked out the door.
In 2 weeks time the HR manager called me for interview and I got the job. I didn't know they have openings it was not advertised at that time.
I got my job by sending resume in the mail without them having a job opening. It took 3 weeks and some no or no reponses before my job now called me for an interview. I honestly had thought it hadn't worked by the time j got the call. I've been working there for a year now. So I would say try it, it can't hurt and you could be the 1% who gets the job.
I did make sure all my resume and cover letters had a handwritten thank you note in them too. I sent out like 20 letters, I would do it again.
Never know what could happen until you try I also work for a very small law firm.
Personally? maybe you can try. I got my first real job going personally to the company, gave the reception my CV, asked her if there are openings and she told me she will check. I said thank you and walked out the door.
In 2 weeks time the HR manager called me for interview and I got the job. I didn't know they have openings it was not advertised at that time.
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Originally Posted by ohyellowbug
I got my job by sending resume in the mail without them having a job opening. It took 3 weeks and some no or no reponses before my job now called me for an interview. I honestly had thought it hadn't worked by the time j got the call. I've been working there for a year now. So I would say try it, it can't hurt and you could be the 1% who gets the job.
I did make sure all my resume and cover letters had a handwritten thank you note in them too. I sent out like 20 letters, I would do it again.
Never know what could happen until you try I also work for a very small law firm.
Good luck! If you can maybe drop places you are really interested in person? I did that with my job and I made sure to have the lawyer name on it so the mail went to him.
I hope it works out for you.
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I also work for a very small law firm.
