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nicksdolphin		#21	[-]
Posts: 20687 (11/02/2009 8:39 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I always include a cover letter. Actually, I was always taught to include them in business school. But, I honestly can't stand them. I'm impatient. If I was a hiring manager, I'd want to know what you've done & how many years you've done it --so I can decide if I want to call you for an interview to learn more about you specifically. The point of the cover letter is to get an interview & sell yourself, but I think it is a bunch of bullshit. I don't want to read about your fake excitement for meeting me & why you think you are a good fit for the position. I'll decide if you are a good fit if I see you have the experience/background on your resume to get an interview. That is why I could never do HR. haha
ugh rabies		#22	[-]
Posts: 1259 (11/02/2009 8:41 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Yeah, I rarely read the cover letter. But if I see the resume and it's kind of relevant but I'm not seeing the full picture, a cover letter can go a LONG way to fill in the blanks so that I can figure out why they're applying and how they might be a better fit than I'm seeing based on the resume alone. It's also just one of those things where I'll judge someone for NOT having it because that says more to me than whatever they're actually writing.
Laurenette		#23	[-]
Posts: 2950 (11/02/2009 8:44 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	ugh rabies wrote: Yeah, I rarely read the cover letter. But if I see the resume and it's kind of relevant but I'm not seeing the full picture, a cover letter can go a LONG way to fill in the blanks so that I can figure out why they're applying and how they might be a better fit than I'm seeing based on the resume alone. It's also just one of those things where I'll judge someone for NOT having it because that says more to me than whatever they're actually writing. Same.
nicksdolphin		#24	[-]
Posts: 20689 (11/02/2009 8:44 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	ugh rabies wrote: I'll judge someone for NOT having it because that says more to me than whatever they're actually writing. haha
syncdafied		#25	[-]
Posts: 10843 (11/02/2009 8:49 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	If you work at a company and are applying for another position in that company (same location and building), do you still need to submit a cover letter?
Laurenette		#26	[-]
Posts: 2953 (11/02/2009 8:51 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Like for an internal transfer? We don't expect one...just a resume along with our internal request form. If your company doesn't use one then a short note might be appropriate.
syncdafied		#27	[-]
Posts: 10844 (11/02/2009 8:52 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Laurenette wrote: Like for an internal transfer? We don't expect one...just a resume along with our internal request form. If your company doesn't use one then a short note might be appropriate. Yeah an internal transfer. Maybe that's why all my internal transfer applications were denied - because I didn't submit a cover letter with my resume.
sjk1010		#28	[-]
Posts: 1423 (11/02/2009 10:35 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I think my cover letter's usually too long...I understand the whole thing may not get read, but does that make you just not read the letter/resume at all?
islandstyle99		#29	[-]
Posts: 898 (11/02/2009 11:09 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	nicksdolphin wrote: I always include a cover letter. Actually, I was always taught to include them in business school. But, I honestly can't stand them. I'm impatient. If I was a hiring manager, I'd want to know what you've done & how many years you've done it --so I can decide if I want to call you for an interview to learn more about you specifically. The point of the cover letter is to get an interview & sell yourself, but I think it is a bunch of bullshit. I don't want to read about your fake excitement for meeting me & why you think you are a good fit for the position. I'll decide if you are a good fit if I see you have the experience/background on your resume to get an interview. That is why I could never do HR. haha oh my god thank you! i cant stand cover letters reading and writing them because its all bs. you never really know how someones going to be unless you meet them. i know it can help you narrow it down if you get a ton of applicants but for me i just care about your experience and how long you tend to stay at your job for.
ScarletOWhora85		#30	[-]
Posts: 17079 (11/02/2009 11:45 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Pro baseball player? That's the part I found the most surprising. It doesn't surprise me that a lot of people didn't include a cover letter.
DoesThatSparkle		#31	[-]
Posts: 6095 (11/03/2009 1:08 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	nicksdolphin wrote: I always include a cover letter. Actually, I was always taught to include them in business school. But, I honestly can't stand them. I'm impatient. If I was a hiring manager, I'd want to know what you've done & how many years you've done it --so I can decide if I want to call you for an interview to learn more about you specifically. The point of the cover letter is to get an interview & sell yourself, but I think it is a bunch of bullshit. I don't want to read about your fake excitement for meeting me & why you think you are a good fit for the position. I'll decide if you are a good fit if I see you have the experience/background on your resume to get an interview. That is why I could never do HR. haha I agree with this 100% haha. I think cover letters are bullshit, but like you, I always include one. I can barely read through my own cover letter (and it's not even that long). Cover letters are just mumbo jumbo, fancy adjectives, and test your ability to say "I'm super awesome, hire me" in so many words. I've always wanted to send a "unique" cover letter and just spice it up with humor...maybe even slight sarcasm, but I always chicken out. I know you've all read those stand out college personal statement letters (there was one where this guy talked about his ability to make 30 minute brownies in 20 minutes, etc). I've kind of wanted to do something like that to break up the constant monontany HR people probably read over and over, but I was always afraid it would back fire. I'm sure some people would love it, and others would hate it. It probably depends on your field, too.

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