Internet: Posting Your Résumé and Creating an Electronic Cover Letter Part (2)
Later, we might glance at a cover letter attached to the résumé if we were considering an interview, but if all the contact information was included in the résumé, as it should be, we might well never look at the cover letter. All that work on a job seeker’s part for nothing.
Well, both job seekers and employers have faced this reality, and today a cover letter is no longer considered essential. In fact, when you post your résumé to a job database, you usually can’t include a cover letter, and if you do, it is discarded. Most employers do the same.
Any information about you that you want an employer to notice must be in your résumé. If you feel that you absolutely must include a cover letter when you submit a résumé via e-mail, place your comments first in the body of the message, and then copy and paste your résumé. Keep your cover letter contents brief, remembering that the reader will already most likely be checking the job title that begins your résumé.
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