After finding a job posting on a website I had been regularly checking, I contacted the firm directly and spoke with the hiring manager (also one of the architects) on the phone. I stayed in contact with him over the course of 2-3 weeks checking in to see if there had been a decision reached about whether or not to continue to the interviewing stage. I had another offer to come to Michigan to interview for a different job and spoke with Eckert Wordell and was asked to come in for an interview (on the same day, but a different time, for added convenience due to the travelling requirement as I didn't live in the area).