I applied for a state government job through the state government's recruiting software a little less than a month ago. Today I realized that they'd posted the same job under a different requisition number, but I have no "Candidate Notifications" in that section, and my status in the software is simply "Application Submitted."
When I called the number that applicants are supposed to call specifically for questions about said software, the person I spoke with couldn't answer any of my questions, like "Will my status ever change from 'Application Submitted' to 'Rejected' if I don't get the job?" and "Does it mean anything if the same job opening was posted again under a different requisition?" She gave me generic "Well, I think they're supposed to do X and Y" and offered to transfer my call directly to the agency that was hiring, which I declined.
The second requisition closes very soon. I know that there's a number of reasons a job could be double posted-two positions opened up, they don't think the candidate pool was strong enough, they didn't have enough applicants, etc. I am debating applying to the second job posting (with the same application as on the first) but am wondering if that's a good idea or not. I'm also open to the possibility of calling back and asking to be transferred to the agency, but I don't necessarily want to be That Candidate and bug them with a phone call. I would try to get Alison's take on Ask a Manager (and have searched the archives without finding this exact scenario) but I know she has a backlog of questions.