Cover Letters From Hell

[CA1900]

Thank you for posting that.

(Although I disagree with #3 -- "Effect" can be a verb as well, as in "To effect a change." But I think anyone who would use that term would already know that, so it's probably best to leave it out. )

 

[myq2u]

Which reminds me; a spell checker would be nice on this board wouldn't it?

 

[FL420]

Which reminds me; a spell checker would be nice on this board wouldn't it?

There is a spell checker on this board. I use it all the time. It might be an applet you have to download.

 

[lowtimedriver]

Recruiters actually read the cover letter??

Recruiters on salaries read cover letters. Headhunters don't give a shtick about cover letters.

 

[EMB170Pilot]

Honestly, I've never done a cover letter in my life and my career has turned out just fine. Every job I applied for from flight instructing to RAH, always got hired on my 1st attempt. (lucky me).

Cover Letters are a waiste of time. Don't do them!

 

[crash-proof]

Honestly, I've never done a cover letter in my life and my career has turned out just fine. Every job I applied for from flight instructing to RAH, always got hired on my 1st attempt. (lucky me).

Cover Letters are a waiste of time. Don't do them!

..............

 

[JessMan]

Anybody out there want to give us an idea of how long a cover letter should be? I know I was taught that it will be less than one page, about four paragraphs. But, would a recruiter actually want to read an entire page?

 

[ableone]

I always wrote the one page cover letter, until I had my first job reading the f***ing things.

I have twice had to fly a desk where some of my time was consumed sifting cover letters/resumes. If it is over a paragraph long STOP. Unless you have a really interesting story to tell, i.e. you were a spy or you have a couple of space shuttle missions under your belt (One guy did, we called him for an interview even though he really did not meet the minimums) keep it short and to the point.

On the few occaisions I have to write a cover letter I try to keep it to just a couple of sentences.

(Just to forestall the inevitable flames - the shuttle astronaut was a commercial pilot but he had flown the shuttle twice as a mission specialist.)

 

[sidesaddle]

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