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Concise · New User Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 9 Career Advice: +0/-0

There are a number of jobs that I found on a particular job site in Ontario Canada, that I am interested in. Most of them give specific details on how to apply such as e-mail or fax.
I've always been the type to get jobs through face-to-face contact. Would it be detrimental if I were to hand one in, in person?

Act as if I did not see the job posting?

lexa10881 · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:23 am Post subject:

There is probably a reason why they stated that in their advertisement, and I would honor their wishes by doing it this way. Often, showing up in person can tick them off to the extent that your resume gets tossed in the trash no matter how good you come off. It's that whole ego thing they like to pull out, I think... other times they are just too busy and it is viewed as an unwelcome intrusion and disrespectful. Send the application along but follow up like you normally would or with a bit more intensity.

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Concise · New User Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 9 Career Advice: +0/-0

That's what I thought, but i'm trying to work around the obvious method.

Cheers for the response though.

lexa10881 · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:30 am Post subject:

You're very welcome. I know we have a fussy HR manager who gets very put off by people not paying attention to her ads, even if they really do innocently show up and inquire. Sometimes I wonder if she is throwing away the apps of good people because she is stubborn. Twisted Evil

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Sueb · Newbie Joined: 11 Sep 2008 Posts: 3 Career Advice: +0/-0

If it is a fax response it wont make any difference if you drop a copy of your CV in.
But if it is an e-mail response, they are usually collated and sorted via computer and forwarded onto the relevant person to screen the CV. If you give a paper copy in they tend to get "lost" because they are outside of the procedure.
Good Luck
quote="Concise"]There are a number of jobs that I found on a particular job site in Ontario Canada, that I am interested in. Most of them give specific details on how to apply such as e-mail or fax.
I've always been the type to get jobs through face-to-face contact. Would it be detrimental if I were to hand one in, in person?

Act as if I did not see the job posting?[/quote]

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