I hate to say it but responses times can be so damn random in this industry,for the most part i give it 3 weeks or so and then i get it out of my mind. In my experience,the companies that have hired me have called me within this time frame. Unfortunately there is no real standards in terms of professionalism in this…
Sukotto - It always made sense to me for the cover letter to 'be' the email. It's the first thing that anyone will look at and there's always a chance someone'll skip over downloading an attachment if they're in a rush. But then again that's just me, a proper HR dept might be very different. But like I say, even including…
I've had companies respond to me months after an application. It can depend on a lot of things. They may have a time frame to accept applications before they review any of them, maybe they have a milestone coming and everyone is busy, etc. I had one company that had a job posted and the only HR person was on maternity…
non replies are the default. Usually the options for your application are toss (pick some bad/mediocre art from deviantart and you know those applications)/ file / forward. Unless a studio is searching desperately for talent, the time till they get back to you is a month. (my personal record: a rejection post-card from…