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I never use cover letters, but I would in your case.
I've recently gone through something like 80 CVs for three positions and only one had a cover letter. In it they explained their situation and eagerness to have their career be more involved in the advertised position. In this letter, they explained a lot of what they know and can do which their current experience did not really indicate.
Their understanding of the role and clear eagerness to build into this pathway has scored them an interview. I see in them the potential to mentor and quickly train a very interested mind. If they're as impressive in the interview, I'll prefer them over people that are experienced and specialised, simply because they're an eager clean slate that can hit the ground running somewhat, and that's quite a breath of fresh air.
Fuck that. I’m not writing every one of the 1000 jobs I apply for a cover letter, they don’t even have the wherewithal to reply to a resume.
They get 30-40 on average. It takes me the better half of the day to review them all. People have work to do; you don't. Customise your resumes for the application and sometimes that means a letter in certain situations goes a long way.
If you're sending out the same resume you spent a few hours doing, week after week, you've done five hours of work in several weeks. You can't expect people working 40 hr work weeks, where reviewing resumes is an addition task, to then start writing personalised responses to every person.
Nah, bullshit, I’m not unemployed. The entire point of a resume is to give you a clear, concise summary of my abilities. You want more details? Ask questions.
Fuck your cover letter.
Fuck your “one way interviews”
That’s bullshit. I work too. Im looking for opportunities, not companies that design their application processes to cater to the people desperate enough to waste 1hr+ of their time for the chance for an actual interview.
Fuck that and fuck you too.
Another manager chiming in to say this all day over people who are entrenched in their ways.
I passed on interviewing a guy of 30 years experience because almost all of the new hires with little to no experience were outpacing their experienced counterparts.