Does it make sense to submit a resume?

Question

Career in IT

There were a couple of questions about employment and responses to vacancies ...

1. Does it make sense to try to call for vacancies other than sending a resume? There is just such a suspicion that it makes no sense. As I understand it, HR is sitting there, who knows the selection criteria and they will be visible only in the resume, the first screening, so to speak. And talking on the phone is just talking on the phone.
2. Does it make sense to send a cover letter if it is not requested in the job itself?

If we take, for example, vacancies "at the factory", then the situation is reversed there - I called, which means I'm interested. Poisoned junk resume, so not interested.

P.S. Maybe I'm wrong in my judgments, that's why I'm asking in order to admit mistakes and correct myself. :)

Answer 1

If we take, for example, vacancies "for a factory", then the situation is reversed there - I called, which means I'm interested. Poisoned junk resume, so not interested.

Just send a non-junk resume. Then it will already be hr thinking whether to call you or write.

Answer 2

It makes sense to call, it is much more difficult to refuse a live conversation. Plus, the chance that your resume will be looked at in this case increases. For example, a hundred resumes can fly to a standard programmer vacancy, and yours can simply get lost in this heap, and by calling you will push the employer to look at you.
The cover letter is displayed before the resume and, if it is correctly composed, allows the hirer to see a summary of the resume in a couple of seconds, including in the context of the vacancy, and at the same time allows you to see free speech. It's always worth sending.

Answer 3

1. Debatable question
2. I would send it even if it is not asked. This is an extra chance to show off.

Answer 4

So it all depends on the specifics and the company, different people hunt in different ways

Answer 5

Yes, it all matters. They have hundreds of identical June resumes, many simply won't get the turn. And this will at least somehow highlight and make the priority a little higher

As I understand it, HR is sitting there, who knows the selection criteria and they will be visible only in the resume, the first screening, so to speak.

Yes, that's right. If you can’t even pass this stage, then of course a call will not help.

Answer 6

Every company treats resumes differently.

Answer 7

First, it all depends on HR. When calling, it can send culturally ("We will call you back") or not very much. Or maybe he will remember that your resume fell somewhere under the table and it would be nice to get it.
Secondly, a good resume, or rather an excerpt from a resume, especially for HR, with a minimum of catchy information, a decent photo, and all this in pdf, rtf format or even in the body of the letter (in case the spam filter in the organization works) will definitely add pluses in the eyes of the personnel officer.
But in general, hardly anyone will throw you in a ban for excessive activity)) It definitely won't get worse.

Answer 8

If there is a phone number among the contacts, then you can call.
Just come up with a couple of topics to maintain a stalled conversation. For example, as if you want to clarify something about the vacancy.

Answer 9

I advise you to update your resume at least 2-3 times a year, and I also always try to write cover letters myself. In which I tell about the experience that they need, because the summary contains general information, but let's say they are looking for a Frontend Developer who knows how to design and animate "super fashionable mockups" and in the letter I talk about the fact that I did something similar, etc., but on condition that I really did it) It’s not worth lying in resumes and letters, since the truth will quickly spit out on those anyway. social or already at work.
And I don't even think it's worth calling.