mingpan

Hi HN. I'd like your advice please.

I recently graduated and am currently looking for a job. There's a certain large software corporation I would be interested in working for. I applied through their recruiting website, and additionally, a friend of mine handed my resume to a company recruiter. I got an automated "We got your stuff. Thanks." email a few weeks ago, but I have not heard back from them since. Is there a polite way to inquire about the status of my application? I am fairly interested in this company, and I would really like to hear an answer one way or the other.