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As an alternative data point to some of the answers, everywhere I've worked looked at resumes and did not really consider cover letters. I believe this is also
by rdouble 13y ago
As an alternative data point to some of the answers, everywhere I've worked looked at resumes and did not really consider cover letters. I believe this is also the case at Google and most Wall Street tech jobs.
- caw 13y agoCould you extrapolate this statement (Google and Wall Street) to giant companies with an online HR application process? Cover letters make sense when you're sending it to a person, or at least an email address. What happens when you put your resume into Taleo or one of those other online application systems? You could be applying to several positions with the same cover letter and resume in that case. I wonder how many people actually read them.
- rdouble 13y agoYou could do that, but I wasn't specifically talking about Taleo or similar systems. When I was on the hiring end, we just got resumes via email and didn't read the cover letter.