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Do cover letters get read?

Q. Is there a way to get people to in fact read the cover letters I send? Why do companies ask us to send emails with a lid letter and resume? Do people even read their emails anymore? I waste a lot of time on tailoring my emails. Does it matter?

A. The party of emails and cover letters flooding inboxes is astronomical, yet somehow hiring managers, sensitive resources professionals, and recruiters find ways to sort candidates who are beyond selected, or eliminated from the "potential interview" pile. Your job as a consequential candidate is to find ways to help the screener keep you moving toward to an assessment.

Recently Job Doc received a great email from a reader donation three suggestions to candidates who want to differentiate themselves to prospective employers. The writer's company posted job listings that stipulated all applicants empathize with via email. The suggestions forwarded to Job Doc are in response to the emails received from some applicants. They encompass: Interestingly, these suggestions are all about transmission of content, and do not even relate to whether you are a telling candidate or not. There are many steps to an effective job search, all needing to be executed with the highest efficacy.

Source: Boston Globe

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