> Eventually all job hunters learn that you get the same response rate when you write one sentence cover letters as you do when you put a lot of effort into the

> Eventually all job hunters learn that you get the same response rate when you write one sentence cover letters as you do when you put a lot of effort into them I've never found that. In fact I've found just the opposite. I've always tailored cover letters and CVs to highlight the points mentioned in the job description and why I can solve them, and I've always had a high rate of applications to interviews and then jobs. It makes the job of the person sorting through CVs that much easier. I've been on both sides of the table, and if you have 100+ CVs to go through, the short cover letter+CV that covers most of the issues raised in the job description will almost always make it to the short list for interviews.