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"It is very common to send out 20 resume's and maybe get a single response or two. It is very time consuming to write a custom multi-paragraph cover letter with
by danesparza 10y ago
"It is very common to send out 20 resume's and maybe get a single response or two. It is very time consuming to write a custom multi-paragraph cover letter with every application."
If you're a programmer and you're approaching problems this way, I most likely don't want to hire you. Strike a balance between automation and giving a personal touch where it's necessary.
- exolymph 10y agoI have a form cover letter with a few customizable sections, and it works great.
- wott 10y agoI have a cover letter that I customise with great care for each application and it seems that its only use is to demonstrate that not a single recruiter ever reads it. Not even a little bit. Note that most of them do not even read the résumé either, since they often obviously go through it for the first time while they call you on the phone.
- formerly_ta 10y agoAnd if you're shooting your resume off to such different positions that you can't cover them with the same (or one of a few) intro paragraphs, you're probably not that great a candidate for this specific role anyway.
- kevinml 10y agoAnd if you really wanted the job you'd take a few minutes to personalize it. I'm assuming most hiring managers want that part of a cover letter to see a little about you as a person and why you're interested. I'd rather hear from someone specifically interested in this job vs someone looking for just any job.
- Pica_soO 10y agoAutomated personal touch, mmh.. i can do procedural Rts units, i can do that. Dear Sir and Madam, i always greatly admired the spaghettis <autosearched product> growing in your <companysname> yard. The idea of adding <featurename> to <autosearched product> was asthma taking and diamond. Now finding myself, in need and desire to accomplish, a similar feet, ladder jump several feet deep up, i hereby apply for your post <jobname mined> which i will embrace with great pressure on passion fruit and tail end. RegEx full Regards
- Aloha 10y agoI use a fill-in-the-blank cover letter for this purpose.
- danesparza 10y agoI'm not sure if you willfully misread that and you enjoy being wrong, or if you made a mistake and need to re-read my response.