Mailing resumes instead of taking them personally?

I'm a new grad LPN (just licensed last week). I've delivered my resumes to most of the places within 20 minutes of my house that hire LPN's. Is it OK to mail resumes to the facilities that I would consider working for that are an hour or so from my house?
It's ok to mail them, but if it's possible to take them in person and hand them to a person who is actually in a position to hire you, then it may be worth the drive. If it's a question of driving an hour to hand them to an HR person who has no power to hire you, I would save myself the drive and mail it.

My opinion would be to hand them in personally. If they are too far for you to drop off a resume, why would you want to drive there every day for work? If it's too far to hand in it in, then that would tell me that it's too far for you to come in in general.

Quote from rainbowbrite85My opinion would be to hand them in personally. If they are too far for you to drop off a resume, why would you want to drive there every day for work? If it's too far to hand in it in, then that would tell me that it's too far for you to come in in general.

Quote from rainbowbrite85My opinion would be to hand them in personally. If they are too far for you to drop off a resume, why would you want to drive there every day for work? If it's too far to hand in it in, then that would tell me that it's too far for you to come in in general.

completely acceptable now, and most places prefer it

Quote from wifeandmomoftwoIt wouldn't be too far for me to drive if I knew there was an opening or even the remote possibility of a position. However, right now we have a very limited income and I can't keep driving all over without knowing when or even if I'll see a paycheck. I'm not even turning on the heat in our house right now to save money. Hope that makes sense

I mailed in a lot of my resumes or emailed them in.It was easier than driving them in, paying for the parking to go into the hospital and hand the resume in!And cheaper for me too!

I personally emailed all of my resumes...and then proceeded to harass the recruiters on the telephone....it worked. Perhaps it can work for you. However, if the hospital is far...you probably don't want to drive there all the time..but I know a job is a job...only take it if you know the recruiter is there..if not..mail it, then follow up after a week.

What I did was personally hand delivered my resumes and cover letters to the hospitals. then i would email the recruiters to bug them about positions and if they sent my resumes to hiring managers on the floor.

Quote from himilayaneyesI personally emailed all of my resumes...and then proceeded to harass the recruiters on the telephone....it worked. Perhaps it can work for you. However, if the hospital is far...you probably don't want to drive there all the time..but I know a job is a job...only take it if you know the recruiter is there..if not..mail it, then follow up after a week.

I would caution you to check with the facility and make sure mailing a packet is okay before you do so -- my current employer no longer accepts paper applications or resum�s and the HR people have been instructed to just put them in the "round file." I applied for three positions within this organization by mailing in resum�s and letters (the website job postings said that one could apply either by mailing in a resum� or by completing the on-line application), and heard nothing back from them, before I applied for a fourth position and was contacted by the HR person for that department, who called to tell me that the department was really interested in me but she had been told to disregard any paper applications and she needed me to re-apply via the on-line application process (I really appreciated that she made the extra effort to do that -- I guess my other applications had just been trashed).

Quote from elkparkI would caution you to check with the facility and make sure mailing a packet is okay before you do so -- my current employer no longer accepts paper applications or resum�s and the HR people have been instructed to just put them in the "round file." I applied for three positions within this organization by mailing in resum�s and letters (the website job postings said that one could apply either by mailing in a resum� or by completing the on-line application), and heard nothing back from them, before I applied for a fourth position and was contacted by the HR person for that department, who called to tell me that the department was really interested in me but she had been told to disregard any paper applications and she needed me to re-apply via the on-line application process (I really appreciated that she made the extra effort to do that -- I guess my other applications had just been trashed).