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Employers’ applicant‑tracking systems keep a simple checksum on each vacancy: a unique identifier plus the email address that submitted it. When the same identifier appears again within a short window, the record is merged and the later entry is dropped. The merge is not a technical error; it is a deliberate deduplication step to keep the candidate pool manageable.

Because the dedupe runs on every new submission, sending a second version of the same résumé after only a few days does not give the recruiter a fresh signal. It looks like a bot that keeps trying until it gets through, and most people treat that as noise. The system will often flag the sender, lowering the visibility of any future applications from that address.

Waiting the full 30 days changes the equation. By then the original posting may have closed, been refreshed, or the hiring manager may have moved on to a new set of criteria. A fresh requisition means the checksum changes, so the next submission is evaluated on its own merits instead of being swallowed by an older duplicate.

If the goal is to be seen, the better strategy is to let the clock run out, then review the new posting for any changed requirements. A concise rewrite that addresses the updated job description will carry more weight than a hurried re‑send that simply repeats the same content.