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I’d never write a cover letter to get a job somewhere. It seems like such an antiquated holdover practice to me. In fact, if it were required I’d actively avoid

I’d never write a cover letter to get a job somewhere. It seems like such an antiquated holdover practice to me. In fact, if it were required I’d actively avoid it, which sounds like the effect you were going for. Especially now that I work for one of the biggest and most sought after companies in my country and they didn’t get two craps about a cover letter.

tester756 3y ago
I disagree as hell. Yea, sure, cover letter for some JoeSoft writing crud apps may be weird but for fancier jobs I don't really see problem with cover letters where candidate can share something more human than CV's "i've did blabla" like passion, motivation, etc, etc. And highly motivated employee may be way more valuable than more skilled employee
- janalsncm 3y ago
  > highly motivated employee Is there any evidence that writing a cover letter means they will be a motivated employee? What motivates me is the problem that I am solving on the job. I am extremely motivated to solve that specific task. If you ask me to write a cover letter about myself, I have zero motivation to do that because the evaluation criteria are unclear and half the companies don’t read them to begin with. When I’m evaluating candidates, the only useful thing about a cover letter is as a disqualifying factor. If I see they’re bad at writing, I’ll likely reject their resume as well. Being well-spoken isn’t a positive, though.
  - Clubber 3y ago
    >Is there any evidence that writing a cover letter means they will be a motivated employee? They're at least motivated enough to spend time writing a cover letter. FWIW, I haven't written a cover letter since 1997, but if it was a company I was interested in, I would write one if I thought they would read it. Also, consider some smart people haven't acquired the ability of talking on their feet yet, but might be able to show some desirability when given the chance to write. Thomas Jefferson was that way; he wrote beautifully but speeches, not so much.
  - tester756 3y ago
    >Is there any evidence that writing a cover letter means they will be a motivated employee I meant evaluating this by reading the content.

tester756 3y ago

I disagree as hell. Yea, sure, cover letter for some JoeSoft writing crud apps may be weird but for fancier jobs I don't really see problem with cover letters where candidate can share something more human than CV's "i've did blabla" like passion, motivation, etc, etc. And highly motivated employee may be way more valuable than more skilled employee

janalsncm 3y ago
> highly motivated employee Is there any evidence that writing a cover letter means they will be a motivated employee? What motivates me is the problem that I am solving on the job. I am extremely motivated to solve that specific task. If you ask me to write a cover letter about myself, I have zero motivation to do that because the evaluation criteria are unclear and half the companies don’t read them to begin with. When I’m evaluating candidates, the only useful thing about a cover letter is as a disqualifying factor. If I see they’re bad at writing, I’ll likely reject their resume as well. Being well-spoken isn’t a positive, though.
- Clubber 3y ago
  >Is there any evidence that writing a cover letter means they will be a motivated employee? They're at least motivated enough to spend time writing a cover letter. FWIW, I haven't written a cover letter since 1997, but if it was a company I was interested in, I would write one if I thought they would read it. Also, consider some smart people haven't acquired the ability of talking on their feet yet, but might be able to show some desirability when given the chance to write. Thomas Jefferson was that way; he wrote beautifully but speeches, not so much.
- tester756 3y ago
  >Is there any evidence that writing a cover letter means they will be a motivated employee I meant evaluating this by reading the content.