Looking for the Power Behind the Ad

Here's an article from The Wall Street Journal on why you should try to find the actual hiring manager who's behind the job postings you're looking at. It's not accounting/finance-focused, but it's still a good perspective.

It's a myth that HR staffers will be offended if you go around them, say senior HR executives. "To be perfectly honest, if I were her, I would be trying to get to the hiring manager," says Patrick Manion, vice president of global human resources for Flextronics International Ltd., a Singapore-based electronics design and manufacturing company with U.S. headquarters in San Jose, Calif. "Everyone else is just a gatekeeper."

Want That Job? You Should Call Hiring Manager [WSJ - $]