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I have begun to send out some mass mailings and am using my current address on my resume. I am moving in 2 weeks. Should I follow up with these firms then to update my address? Or do most firms correspond interview requests via email and phone? Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

zoomzoom88 wrote:I have begun to send out some mass mailings and am using my current address on my resume. I am moving in 2 weeks. Should I follow up with these firms then to update my address? Or do most firms correspond interview requests via email and phone? Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

I can only speak from 1L mass mailing, but any snail mail I received was a ding. All requests for more information, interviews, and "back and forth" correspondence was by email or phone. This was the case with all firms in NY/DC and in two secondary markets that I applied to (which was most-if not all-of them).

shadowofjazz wrote:

zoomzoom88 wrote:I have begun to send out some mass mailings and am using my current address on my resume. I am moving in 2 weeks. Should I follow up with these firms then to update my address? Or do most firms correspond interview requests via email and phone? Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

I can only speak from 1L mass mailing, but any snail mail I received was a ding. All requests for more information, interviews, and "back and forth" correspondence was by email or phone. This was the case with all firms in NY/DC and in two secondary markets that I applied to (which was most-if not all-of them).

This, and also just tell the post office to FWD all mail to your new one. it costs like $1.

Not to be a douche (which I'll be anyway), but any firm that sends even vaguely important communication only by snail mail in 2014 is probably not one you want to work for.

awesome thank you! i am going to have our mail forwarded but our post office is awful

The only things you'll miss are rejection letters.

ymmv wrote:Not to be a douche (which I'll be anyway), but any firm that sends even vaguely important communication only by snail mail in 2014 is probably not one you want to work for.

Last year I received a snail mail interview request from a firm 30 days after the postmark. Even assuming you only get rejections in the mail, you should still get the post office to forward stuff to your new address so you can keep track of who has rejected you. That will make following up way easier.

zoomzoom88 wrote:awesome thank you! i am going to have our mail forwarded but our post office is awful

Your options:
If your change of address is temporary
(1) Premium Forwarding Service: costs $17.50 per week but is sent out every Wednesday via Priority Mail to your new address (so about a 3-5 day delay); mail forwarding reverts back to your original address on the stated end date
(2) "temporary change of address": costs $1.05 TOTAL, but mail is forwarded as it arrives via normal post (so about a 10 day delay); mail forwarding reverts back to your original address on the stated end date

If your change of address is permanent, you can still do either of the above but just know that PFS and change of address have duration limitations (at least 2 weeks but not longer than 1 year). If you are permanently moving, just know you won't be able to get mail forwarded from your old address after a year.

You can sign up for either option online. I did #2 above for the summer to have any mail from my school address forwarded to my parents home with an end date 10 days before I return to school. If you have the money or think you need the mail faster, then go with #1. IF YOU HAVE BILLS, I would not use either and I would contact any company you pay by mail to switch your address over.