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Originally Posted by positivethinker
Wondering if anyone here has tried cold-calling or cold-emailing the HR or hiring manager (if you happened to know) to follow up on the status, when you received no response for your online applications?
Read many online career advice, one of which said cold-calling/emailing HR may work. But is that really the case in SG? Any HR here would like to share your view on this, that is would you get irritated when you received such cold-calls/emails?
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Chasing HR for interview/job application status is normal in Western countries but if you do it here in singapore, they would find you "too desperate" for job. Which in my opinion, should not be looked at that way at all. It should show hunger for ones' candidate rather than being perceived "she is too desperate for the job". I would suggest emailing once a week. It is the attitude mindset that counts. Private companies would love to hear from candidates calling back in but in my case, public sectors are always not so happy on the phone or rather sound so harsh about job status. Good luck.