On Submitting

Resumes that is. So...I'm looking for a new job. However, since I am working, and am not in danger of being terminated or blowing my top & just leaving....I figure I can take the time to be picky & only apply for jobs that I feel will be a step up, or are for companies that I think I could be happy working for. In the last few weeks, I've submitted resumes to 4 places. I've got my pacbell email account set up to deliver return receipts when my email has both reached the recipient and has been displayed on their screen....so I know that my resumes has not just gotten lost in the ether. What I don't get...is why none of these 4 businesses can even be bothered to acknowledge that they've received my resume. Hey, I understand that I'm not what every company is clamoring for...but still, some little canned blurb saying that my resume is under review & that I'll be contacted if my skills match their job.... Since I've taken over the initial steps of my companies recruiting process, I make sure that each & every resume I receive (and sometimes it's been 30 a day) gets either an email acknowledgment or a pre-printed card sent by snail-mail. Even if we don't call someone, at the very least they'll know that we did get their resume.....which, in my mind, is just a basic courtesy. These people went through the trouble to make their resume suit our job opening & then send it to me. The least I can do is let them know that it has been received and is being reviewed....