Patent_User

I've been applying for technical specialist positions, and basically my question is in the title. Do you wait to hear back after submitting an application, be proactive reaching out to someone in the firm before/after applying, or a combo of the two? Anyone have luck with just the submission and no cold call/email?

So far I've been doing a combo of the two simply because of time restraints between informal interviews and my current employment. I don't know if I'm hurting my chances at the other firms by not being proactive.

Any other advice appreciated. I'm a little nervous trying to get something secured before the end of the fiscal year. I've heard most firms slow down hiring sometime b