Most job sites will encourage you to write a cover letter that’s half a page to a page long ... and thank the reader for considering your application. Kyle Elliott, a career coach who lives ...

While it's tempting to hit the fast apply button and attach a generic cover letter to every application, that's probably not ...

Another hiring manager wrote: "The main thing that was unusual about your application is it included a cover letter for an old job and outdated CV." Yet even that level of screw-up hadn't deterred ...