Industry accounting hiring managers - what’s your position on cover letters? Do most of y’all bother reading them or not?

I’m thinking a cover letter might help me since I have an unrelated degree (career changer) but it really slows down the application process.

For background, I am targeting entry level positions. 1 YOE in general ledger & producing financial statements, 2 YOE in AP. I’m about 1/2 finished with courses needed to take the CPA exams.

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Not a recruiter. I don't know if anyone reads them so I don't put effort into one. I have one I created months ago and just swap out a few details here and there.

Now if the description asks for a cover letter, I put my heart and soul into one lol.

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That seems like a good metric

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