Please read the job advert carefully !

getmore4less

so those that make up the best story on the cover letter get their cv looked at.

DKLS

AP007 wrote: »

Tells you why you are applying, why you want to work for the company etc.

I dont need a cover letter to tell me that, I would assume they were applying because they wanted the job as it fitted their skills/experience/ambition.

Which I could glean from a quick scan of a CV and confirm at interview.

AP007

DKLS wrote: »

I dont need a cover letter to tell me that, I would assume they were applying because they wanted the job as it fitted their skills/experience/ambition.

Which I could glean from a quick scan of a CV and confirm at interview.

No you will be surpised as I always put a cover letter and one company told me I didnt mention the company enough in my cover letter and then quoted me back some text off one of the shortlisted candidates to show me how a cover should be written etc.

There are many things you put on a cover thats not on a CV.

Free_Spirit_31

warehouse wrote: »

This is a good thing because the idiots are weeded our right away.

Is the irony intentional in your post? :rotfl:

FBaby

What is the covering letter meant to tell you that the cv doesn't? All sound very picky to me.

It can tell a lot. It can tell how well someone can express themselves, their level of English, their style of expression, ie, you can pick up whether someone tends to ramble on, which you couldn't pick up from the person's CV. It can show you whether the applicant has read the advert properly, if they have picked specific details.


Most importantly, it shows you one of the most important employable trait...that they can be bothered.

Tabatha_Kitten

DKLS wrote: »

I dont need a cover letter to tell me that, I would assume they were applying because they wanted the job as it fitted their skills/experience/ambition.

Which I could glean from a quick scan of a CV and confirm at interview.

One of my applicants has a cv full of hair, nail and beauty qualifications.
The job is for a labourer on a construction site.
Im guessing she hasnt even read the job advert at all but a bloomin good story in her covering letter could have gone a long way towards helping her case

AP007

FBaby wrote: »

It can tell a lot. It can tell how well someone can express themselves, their level of English, their style of expression, ie, you can pick up whether someone tends to ramble on, which you couldn't pick up from the person's CV. It can show you whether the applicant has read the advert properly, if they have picked specific details.


Most importantly, it shows you one of the most important employable trait...that they can be bothered.

I treat a cover letter like a supporting statement would be on an application form.

Covering the key points of the job spec, why you want to work there, what you can bring to the role etc.

Mulder00

Wow, I must say, I find it surprising that some people are questioning the value of cover letters and would even go as far as avoiding jobs which require them!!!

To me, a cover letter is my opportunity to present myself to the potential employer. I use it to say why I am applying for this specific role as my CV is fairly generic / high level. As someone who's had the great displeasure of having to read through hundreds of CV's before, I know that one starts looking like the other and you need something to make someone stand out from the crowd.

Whenever I apply for a job, I also write out the cover letter from scratch, I never copy and paste to avoid unintentional mistakes such as mentioning the wrong system or industry which might not be applicable. My cover letters are written specifically for the employer.

AP007

Tabatha_Kitten wrote: »

One of my applicants has a cv full of hair, nail and beauty qualifications.
The job is for a labourer on a construction site.
Im guessing she hasnt even read the job advert at all but in this case a bloomin good story in her covering letter could have gone a long way towards helping her case

LOL and you wanted a cover letter form a labourer?

noelphobic

I've only recently started job hunting and have applied to 2 organisations, both of which required application forms rather than CVs. However, I have been told that if you send a CV it should be tailored to each job, rather than sending the same CV to everyone.

I've also heard of people sending CVs when it's specifically stated that only application forms are acceptable.