Over the course of my career, I’ve read probably tens of thousands of cover letters. (And yes, that’s as boring as it sounds.

The cover letter is its own unique ... there’s no telling whether a hiring manager will merely skim your letter or closely examine it to gauge your communication chops. But how good is ChatGPT ...

Use your cover letter to tell the hiring manager about the value you can bring to alleviate the organization’s pain points, advance its strategic priorities, increase performance outcomes and ...

I Googled the phrase “I hate writing cover letters” and got over 40 million ... So, the main takeaway is to use the hiring manager’s name whenever possible. You can find it using a simple ...

You’re applying for jobs on LinkedIn, and there’s a cover letter field. But it’s optional. So, do you take 30 minutes to craft one that will impress? Or, do you get stuck wondering how long your cover ...

Obviously, different applicants' cover letters will look quite different from one another. But here's a sample of what a good letter might look like. Dear (insert name or "Hiring Manager" if name ...

If you think of your résumé as a map to a new city that the hiring manager has not visited before, the cover letter would be the guidebook. It will not cover everything on the map, but it will ...

I write the ads (like this one) and read all of the responses myself—and after scaling mountains of cover letters I’ve developed some opinions I can no longer hold back. The most important one ...

Yes, even in today’s digital age, a cover letter—which can also be written in the body of an email to the hiring manager rather than as a separate attachment—is absolutely essential.