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A question for those who are hiring: how much do cover letters actually matter? How much of a setback is not submitting one (when it's optional)?
by blackbear_ 4y ago
A question for those who are hiring: how much do cover letters actually matter? How much of a setback is not submitting one (when it's optional)?
- lolsal 4y agoAs someone who has done a lot of the hiring side for technical positions, I never care about a cover letter. I can't remember the last time I saw one.
- rm445 4y agoI have been hired essentially on the strength of a covering letter... weirdly, I was later cc'ed on a whole email chain going back to my application, and saw the impact of certain things I had mentioned. It was basically explaining my passion for a cross-industry move. But for most people for most jobs, most of the time, a job is just a somewhat match for their skillset and there isn't much else to say. Now I'm hiring I don't pay much credence to cover letters or objective statements, but they can still be meaningful for certain people's circumstances. I think cover letters have a bad rep because a generic one is meaningless.