Monday, January 31, 2011

Cover Letter = waste of time?

So I applied to to jobs online since the last blog I posted.  Both applications gave me the OptIon of writing a cover letter after I posted my resume.  Of course I felt like I had to because if I didn't then it looks like I don't know how to.  Well I don't know how to.  So I googled it like any normal person and went from there.  I don't think a good cover letter is meant to be written into a text box from an example by Richard Hammer.  Why should I even trust Richie anyway?  He probably didn't get the job he applied to! 

Anyway, the topic of this post is to express my hatred toward the cover letter.  I don't like it, it doesn't serve a purpose, and it's complete bullshit.  I might be venting just a smidge but I'm sure you all agree with me on this one.  If I was a human resources person I would not want to waste my time reading that.  I guess I just have to suck it up and deal with it because they don't seem to be going away anytime soon. 

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