17 Oct 06 I Hate Cover Letters

Seriously. I do. All the effort taken to write one just for the slight chance that it might get into a hiring manager’s hands and convince him or her to read the resume just doesn’t seem worth it.

I’d rather just do what I just did. I sent my resume via email with something along the lines of the following (after the jump):

I’ve attached my resume for the _________ position, confident that I can help fill the need you have.

Please contact me at __________ so we can discuss further how I might be a match.

THANKS!

Dan Johnson

Resumes and cover letters only tell one side of the story, and I can understand that they have their purpose from a hiring perspective. I hate just blindly sending something into an unknown individual. It feels like I’m flushing it down the toilet.

Am I being too cynical?

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