What do recruiters or hiring managers want to see in a cover letter? I have accepted that times have changed and I'm expected to write these things. So, if I'm going to do it, I want my cover letters to actually help me land a job.

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I’m 1 person on a team of 20 recruiting internally but I dont require or care for cover letters. In my 10years of recruiting, I can count on 1 hand the number of times I’ve read a full cover letter!

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