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by marksc 3606 days ago
>surely that doesn't make it invisible?

It makes it perfectly visible, to the person who receives your email. After that only your attached resume is printed or passed on to other decision makers.

Putting your "cover letter" in body of an email is anywhere from bad to worse practice, depending on the initial recipient of your email (hiring manager vs low level recruiter).

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> Putting your "cover letter" in body of an email is anywhere from bad to worse practice

So, the onus is on me to put this information in a place that is less convenient to reach than the body of the email?

This is ridiculous. The onus should be on them not to lose information. Sure, if I need that job badly, I may have to work around their stupidity. Hopefully I have more leeway than that.