In my experience (on both sides of the hiring table), unannounced "walk ins" and phone calls are mostly unwelcome- you never know what preceded your arrival or what you have just interrupted.
Then again if the company in question hasn't even bothered to set up an automated or generic feed back system, it has brought them on itself. Knowing that an application has been received is not an unreasonable request if you've taken the time to complete and send one. Any decent HR department should have an automated acknowledgement for candidates, as a bare minimum. To me, its absence indicates a certain level of discourtesy or incompetence.
I know nothing of TAG Asia, but its presence on pprune as an extended discussion is a disappointment. The number of decent corporate employers seems to be reducing from numbers of fingers, to number of hands.
Last edited by Globalstream; 3rd Nov 2012 at 10:48.