Many Recruiters Prefer Cover Letters in the Body of an E-Mail

on February 21, 2010 4:07 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Several of the commenters to Meier’s blog posting protested that it’s cumbersome to open multiple attachments when resumes are e-mailed to them. Thus, they prefer the job-seeker’s resume as an attachment, but the cover letter in the BODY of the e-mail to which the resume is attached.

At least one commenter, though, feels it’s more professional when cover letters attached to an e-mail.

One option is to do both — paste the letter in your e-mail and attach it. That way, those who don’t want to bother with an additional attachment don’t have to, while those who want the attachment have the option of opening it.

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