Old school trick for getting past resume screeners actually worked for me

I spent months applying to jobs in Chicago with zero callbacks. A friend who works in HR told me to stop using the online portals and just find the hiring manager's email from the company website instead. I sent a short note to 12 people directly with my resume attached and got 4 interviews within 2 weeks. Has anyone else tried this approach and seen results?

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thea_mitchell2018d ago

Tried the same thing when I was job hunting in Chicago actually. Got way more replies than the online portals ever gave me.

the_jana18d ago

Wait, are we supposed to be using our brains for this stuff? I've been out here treating job applications like a slot machine, just pulling the lever on the same portal over and over. I gotta say, I'm kinda jealous - I tried that direct email thing once, but I accidentally sent my resume to the wrong person in accounting who then forwarded it to HR asking if I was lost. At least I got a response, I guess? Honestly, anything that gets you out of that black hole of automated rejections is a win in my book.