Good luck Rick! My experience was with larger cos (Fortune 500s), and specifically with IT positions. I never was in management (no desire whatsoever to play that game
), but sure evaluated plenty of resumes from a technical perspective as a senior techie, and other than one or two "recruiters with an inside track", any resume that came from an unsolicited HH was immediately "round filed". In fact, many candidates had already eliminated themselves even when they applied directly because their HH had already "shotgunned" their resume to many of the large cos in my area. I'm sure it varies greatly, but that was my experience.