How to Write A Cover Letter that Recruiters Will Read

The importance of a cover letter in a recruiter’s hiring decision is quickly dwindling. In fact, the role a cover letter plays in a hiring decision pales in comparison to job experience and culture fit. BUT — when you throw out the “traditional” cover letter that so many of us (and so many recruiters) are used to and instead use a brief, pointed e-note that touches on both experience and culture fit it’s a winning combination. We call these type of cover letters e-notes because they’re exceptionally brief and usually a paragraph long in the body of an e-mail.

E-NOTE BENEFITS
An e-note is the perfect place to address your most relevant experience, how you’re a culture fit for the position, and your communication style. It’s a short e-mail style note that is written in the body of the e-mail or used when they request a cover letter.

The benefit of an e-note is its brevity and method of delivery. Because it’s incredibly brief and written in the body of the e-mail the chances are greater it will be read. When you know you have the hiring manager’s attention it’s the perfect place to share the two most important factors in their hiring decision.

TWO MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS
A recent JobVite survey concluded that job experience (67%) and culture fit (60%) were the more important…