Surprising times to apply for a job.

Tuesdays Job Hunting Tips Series, So Far.

Filling out an application can take up to an hour with online applications taking longer. Selective managers may take even longer sorting through them all-qualified or not. Be sure its received at the most optimum time with these tips.


Sunday night
Some employers may still post positions in the Sunday newspaper or online over the weekend. If emailing late Sunday night, and if they didn’t get other emails since then, your information has a higher chance of being seen Monday morning. The time and date is stamped when you sent it. They may think you are eager with good work ethics to be applying on a Sunday evening.


Early Monday morning or evening
As online applications take an hour or so to fill out, you may be up at the crack of dawn on Monday to be sure it emails by 8:00 a.m. Monday, the employers time. If they start work at 8:00 a.m. and their emails are sorted by date and time, yours has a higher chance of getting on top of the list to be seen.

Mondays are usually planning days for normal 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. professional businesses. It’s the priority task planning day for the rest of the week. Phone calls to set up interview times may begin by the afternoon. Getting an email from an applicant in the afternoon or last on Monday may make a memorable impression or distraction when they’re calling someone else.


Tuesday and Thursday afternoon
Tuesdays are usually set up for upper management round table meetings, most commonly in the mornings. They’ll usually be back checking their emails by afternoon. In restaurants, Tuesdays and Thursdays are usually the slowest days. Be sure to apply after their lunch or breakfast rush between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Those times are also used for interviews. Thursdays are seen as the next to last day of the week to get some things done for many professionals or the start of the busiest part of the week for restaurants.


Wednesday morning
Wednesdays are usually reserved for the interview, setting up interviews, or another day the manager has time to sort through more applicants. Be sure to apply by email first thing in the morning or at least before noon. By afternoon, they may be thinking of their midweek after five activity. Wednesday evenings are midweek group activity nights: Bowling, Dart League, Church, or other group plans.


Forget Fridays unless its an interview
Minimize Fridays as this is the last day of the week to get tasks that were prioritized on Monday to get done. Plus, it’s the same mind set as Wednesdays, thinking of their planned social activities soon. They’ve already checked out concentrating on work. Even if you send it late Friday, most may forget about it over the weekend. However, some interview times are scheduled on Fridays so managers can have time to think about the candidates over the weekend.


When emailing your resume, be sure the subject line contains the specific job applied for, so Human Resources Directors or their Assistants can also sort by subject. If mailing your information, be sure you can time it right so it arrives on their desk on these times.