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In my experience of senior positions, they're typically ignored if you apply through Linkedin. You're better off going direct with a nice cover letter.
by jph98 6y ago
In my experience of senior positions, they're typically ignored if you apply through Linkedin. You're better off going direct with a nice cover letter.
- dominotw 6y ago> a nice cover letter. Do people seriously read cover letters. I've often debated if its worth the time ivestment.
- theonething 6y agoI used to always write custom cover letters to companies I was interested in and got responses often. This time, I got lazy and started submitting applications with resume only. The response rate stayed about the same. Cover letters don't really matter for me
- znpy 6y agoI see cover letters as the the same as CVs/résumés: it can be a vector of either bs or interesting content. I wouldn't write a cover letter unless the company explicitly asks me to, or unless I can add additional information that wouldn't be fit into the CV. For example, when I applied to Digital Ocean my cover letter was the correct place (in my opinion) to say that I've been a customer if theirs since 2014. For the record, they were interested until I said I would have liked to work remotely (since they bragged extensively about remote work on their careers webpage).