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In the cover letter, address it to the hiring manager BY NAME and use their physical address.

Much of the time, a job ad will name the title of who the position reports to.  Go to the company website to find out who the supervisor is or (more likely) on LinkedIn.  LinkedIn has a pretty robust search engine.  If you strike out, then call the company directly and ask the name of the supervisor you'd be reporting to.  If, after all this, you still can't find a name, you can then add "Dear Hiring Manager" etc.

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This is terrible advice. It makes you look like a stalker. Plus there’s a high likelihood you’ll address it to the wrong person. Calling the company to ask is total overkill and extremely weird. This is like boomer advice to walk into random offices and drop off a resume.

The only time this is acceptable is if the hiring manager’s name is ON the job posting, which it almost never is. If a contact is listed, it’s usually someone in HR with no decision making authority.[/quote]

It's competitive out there (at least for higher level managerial positions).  You need to stand out.  Your cover letter is the only thing that separates you from other qualified candidates.  Make it count![/quote]
It makes you stand out in a bad way.[/quote]

I work in legal recruiting and would say it shows you did your homework about the position and are genuinely interested.  Also, your cover letter is your first writing sample and if you write a bad one with typos or grammatical errors, I'm going to assume that you would send crappy letters/emails to the clients and not move you to the next round.[/quote]

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