{"id":11811,"date":"2021-11-02T15:52:24","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T21:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/?p=11811"},"modified":"2021-11-02T15:52:24","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T21:52:24","slug":"its-2021-do-hiring-managers-really-read-cover-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/its-2021-do-hiring-managers-really-read-cover-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s 2021. Do Hiring Managers Really Read Cover Letters?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The data surprised even us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

by Regina Borsellino<\/a>
Re-posted from The Muse<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Woman<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The cover letter is a contender for job seekers\u2019 most hated part of the job search. Personally, when browsing job boards, I\u2019ve always gravitated toward the postings that said \u201ccover letter optional\u201d or didn\u2019t mention one at all\u2014and I\u2019m a writer. <\/em>When you\u2019re deep in a job hunt\u2014particularly one where you feel like you\u2019re throwing applications into a black hole\u2014cover letters might feel pointless. It\u2019s not like we\u2019re mailing out our resumes anymore\u2014so what is the letter covering? Does anyone read cover letters anymore? Are cover letters even necessary at all, or are they outdated?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I set out to find the answer by speaking to experts, combing through studies, and putting out a call to hiring managers and recruiters to find out how they handle cover letters when they\u2019re making hires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Helpless<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Does Anyone Still Read Cover Letters? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In a\u00a02020 survey<\/a>\u00a0of 236 hiring managers and recruiters, ResumeGo found that 87% of respondents… <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

[REA<\/a>D<\/a> ON<\/a> just a few to get you started.]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The data surprised even us. by Regina BorsellinoRe-posted from The Muse The cover letter is a contender for job seekers\u2019 most hated part of the job search. Personally, when browsing job boards, I\u2019ve always gravitated toward the postings that said \u201ccover letter optional\u201d or didn\u2019t mention one at all\u2014and I\u2019m a writer. When you\u2019re deep in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1436,"featured_media":368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[145,1190],"class_list":["post-11811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-job-info-advice","tag-cover-letters","tag-job-info-and-advice"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/files\/2016\/03\/The-Muse-logo.png?fit=203%2C118&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p79l8e-34v","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1436"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11811"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11818,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11811\/revisions\/11818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}