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[quote=Anonymous]Yes. But I do think short & sweet is usually best. And for the love of God, try to show at least a tiny bit of personality.

If it’s an email application, I’ll attach it and also put it in the body of the email.

I used to do hiring for an org. where we asked in our ads to provide cover letter & resume, along with answering a few qualifying questions on the application portal, and specified no phone calls, please. It was also one of those black holes where you basically had to input all your resume info. into a form.

This was for a very entry-level “must follow rules and directions to do the job” position.

If any one of those elements was missing—cover letter missing, info. was filled in with “see resume,” or they called, or they didn’t answer the questions, I didn’t pull their app. for the pool.

Not saying it’s the right way to do hiring—trust me it was annoying as hell and we missed out on a lot of good applicants because we were so slow and bureaucratic—but this was for a large state agency, so I have to think our process was not unique to our org. I think a lot of people forget that they need to follow directions. [/quote]

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