HR slow! Have manager's info-now what??

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Hi everyone, long time lurker here, have not posted in a long time but really need some advice. After 7 years of working in a Level 3 NICU I am applying for a job in L&D/High-RIsk OB. It has always been an interest of mine and I am excited about the change. I am sure there will be a lot of competition for this job and since I don't have an actual L&D experience I am trying to do whatever I can to increase my chances of getting the job. I have not had an interview yet (HR said they would be taking applications for 6-8 weeks before they call anyone for interviews and it has been about 3 weeks since the job was posted) However I have a friend who works for the hosital where I am applying for the job at (not as a nurse but for the ob/gyn dept). She was kind enough to give me the contact info for the nurse manager but now that I have it, I don't know what exactly to do with it? Call, e-mail? Not really sure what to say either, without seeming like a total suck up. Any advice for me? Thanks so much for listening!

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I worked as a HR Manager until recently and I say give the Nurse Manager a call. I can speak from experience that if a manager passes along a resume/application to me I would usually call that person even if only to give a phone interview to bring them in or screen them out and let the manager know. Sometimes I've had hundreds of apps come in over the weekend and it can take a while to screen all the resumes....weeks, maybe a month or so.

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3 weeks had gone by since I'd filled out the application for the job I have now (and still no answer). I decided to call the DON directly and had an interview scheduled the next day. She admitted to me that she hadn't even seen my application...that it didn't make it from HR yet. I'm so glad I made that call, otherwise, I probably wouldn't be working at my present job, and it's been almost 3 years.

I'd say go for it. Give them a call...it couldn't do any harm. If anything, it will just show them your still interested.

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