[winternett]

Having a cover letter is an extra, your resume is the center piece. You can have a resume without a cover letter, but you can't have a cover letter without a resume. Not including a cover letter helps me to get in the door, if a potential employer is serious about hiring me, I have no problems preparing or giving them past writing samples. I am an individual , and I'm not bound by EEOE rules, that's another reason I can disregard time honored industry practices, and how its a bigger deal if a company ignores resumes.