How significant is a cover letter with regard to your contact with potential employers?

As both an employee and now as an employer, I think a cover letter is vitally important with regard to your contact with potential employers. I like to think of the cover letter as your first impression to the employer. Often times, the person or persons looking over applications will start with the cover letter and begin to weed the applications that way.

If there is no cover letter, or a poor one, then it immediately goes to the toss pile regardless of what your resume or CV may look like. Nowadays, a cover letter isn't often requested, but I think you should send one anyway with each and every application. The cover letter gives you a chance to catch the readers' attention and in it, you can mention things not covered in your resume/CV.

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