After I apply to a job, how long should I wait before I reach out to the company to follow up on my application? I've been waiting about two to three days, should I be reaching out sooner?

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If you have a contact at the firm, then you can reach out to them about a week or so after the application… but usually when you submit an application the confirmation comes from a non-monitored (no reply) mailbox…

I go through applications on Wednesdays… so if you applied on Tuesday, I probably won’t get around to you until the following Wednesday… so following up two or three days later is too soon…

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You may not hear back from every application you send out. Some will send out an auto reply that they received it. And some company career pages will have a job seeker login page for you to see the status of the application (not all companies have this).

For those that do reach out, it could take 2-3 weeks, depending out large the company is. If you have contact info for a recruiter or hiring manager at the company you applied for, then you could send a brief message to them asking about the status of the application.

within 1~2weeks you need to follow up with recruiter

You may not hear back truthfully. If you’ve actually spoken with someone like a recruiter, I think a week is usually pretty standard and acceptable.

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