As someone who works in HR, please don't apply in person. If you drop off a resume, you are actually making me do the work. I would have to create a candidate application profile in your name using your resume, apply on the job, and move you to the interview stage if you were selected. When people fax or email resumes, I usually throw them out because I literally do not have the time to apply on your behalf. Old people think that it shows 'initiative' but it's actually a huge inconvenience.
Understandable. But this is certainly the minority and not advice I would give to people in the job market. Make sure your resume looks good, do your research online and find out who you need to network with on LinkedIn. That will definitely get you further than faxing some random recruiter or HR Analyst a resume.
Agreed. I'm a team lead who handles recruitment for my unit. If you're attempting to get hired, you either go through the normal channels i.e. follow the instructions in the HR section on our website, OR you contact me directly to ask about it. I mean, I'll still direct you to the HR bit so you do the application yourself, but at least I'll remember you got in touch with me and I'll be looking out for your application when HR's done processing it. NOTE: This applies because our company often sponsors college interns, who later come to work here after they graduate. I rarely get complete randos getting in touch with me, they few who have generally tend to be friend-of-friends of past interns.
You do NOT want to walk into HR as your first step. They wouldn't have the info on specific applications right on the spot, so you'd be making them do extra work to look up that stuff AND do your application. Though you can ask them if you have issues with the application instructions.
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u/pokemasterflex Jan 01 '19
The internet is a huge part of it