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Everyone says you need a cover letter... and I stopped writing them 6 months ago.
I used to spend hours tailoring a cover letter for every job I applied to in Seattle, thinking it was the key. After about 50 applications with zero callbacks, I just stopped and started applying with no cover letter at all. Within two weeks I had 3 interviews and landed my current role as a project coordinator. Has anyone else found that skipping the cover letter actually helped them get noticed faster?
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rayc833h ago
Right, because clearly spending three hours writing about your passion for data entry is what gets you hired. I'm convinced recruiters sit around reading cover letters like they're gripping novels, not scanning them for two seconds before hitting delete. Must be nice to have that kind of time to waste on something nobody reads anyway.
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zarak1813m ago
Nobody reads anyway" is basically what my friend Sarah found out. She spent years writing those things until her sister (a recruiter) told her they skim them for maybe 10 seconds. When she stopped, she got a callback from a company that actually read her resume and she's been there two years now.
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