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> In my experience though, a good, unique cover letter will all but guarantee you an in-person interview. I wish. The amount of time I put in to an applicatio
by vonmoltke 11y ago
> In my experience though, a good, unique cover letter will all but guarantee you an in-person interview.
I wish. The amount of time I put in to an application seems to have no bearing on my almost-nonexistent response rate, so I rarely bother with much effort anymore.
- logfromblammo 11y agoI have actually seen an inverse relationship with the amount of time invested in the application process. I spend 45 minutes laboriously transferring every little detail already on my resume into the fill-in forms of their candidate blackholing system, also upload my resume, and include a cover letter: no contact. I locate my HTML resume on my file system and click "send": I get an e-mail response within days, and take the first call the same week. So I'm willing to write a custom cover paragraph. I say where I saw the job posting and the single detail in it that most influenced my choice to respond. But I only do so at the end, if the application process hasn't already gone over 20 minutes.
- meric 11y agoI had met someone who had a 3 page cover letter containing her life story. That's not going to work. Spend a little time, so it looks like you're not just sending your resume on every remotely relevant job, but not too much time they think you've got no other choice.