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A good applicant is someone who has the skills to do the job well. Full stop. You can increase your chances of an interview marginally through a significant in
by Kalium 10y ago
A good applicant is someone who has the skills to do the job well. Full stop.
You can increase your chances of an interview marginally through a significant investment of time, but you'll get more interviews by spraying resumes. Especially good candidates with valuable skills.
- megablast 10y agoOf course, but you can't tell a good candidate by just asking them. You have to pick up signs they are a good candidate. One of them is a good cover letter.
- Kalium 10y agoWhat positions do you have that a good cover letter is a strong positive signals indicating that the person will be good at the job? If it's a writing or communications position, I fully understand. If it's for software engineering, cover letters serve more to stroke corporate egos than they do to provide critical job skill information.