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by yakshaving_jgt
997 days ago
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I can't really argue against that, and I certainly agree that it's going to be different with different employers. Genuinely, I'm sorry you've had shitty experiences in the past. I've had a whole bunch too. I will say however that in the times in my career when I did apply for jobs, most of my successful applications [I believe] came as a result of a short, to-the-point, personalised cover letter. |
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And I don't think writing a cover letter is going to harm your chances at a job. Or if it does, you might not want to work for a company that penalizes them anyway. But the attitude of "well I don't want to work for a company that doesn't read my cover letter" isn't really viable as an applicant as it rules out a lot of opportunities for work.
The whole situation is so silly too because a nice cover letter can make rejection emails nicer, like "we enjoyed your cover letter and your joke about the thing, but ...". I'd like to think that makes it easier for employers to send rejection emails because they can say something that sounds genuinely positive and personal instead of cookie cutter fake encouragement; "I'm sure you'll land on your feet!" So it makes their job better and probably would help avoid getting hate mail from people acting poorly. It's a win all around. But it's just a race to the bottom at this point.
Anyway sorry for the rant. Thanks for the replies. I agree with you 100% and wish cover letters were more meaningful but for every one of you that reads them there are nine who don't. So I'd just ask, don't be surprised if people don't write cover letters anymore.
I mean half these companies, especially the "always hiring" ones aren't even trying to fill positions, they're just signaling growth to investors. Sending anything to them is a waste of time.