If crafting a fresh cover letter for every application is daunting, you should consider using a template for your cover letters, but if you do, you’ll have be subtle about it.

6. Additional: Cover letters should be clean and easy to read -- skip the intricate designs and crazy fonts for party invitations. Like a resume, keep the cover letter to one page.

Fill out the information on the cover sheet, then resave the document with a new name such as "FaxTemplate10-01-11" so your template is always in its original form and ready to use.

Cover letters are still important. Career advice expert for TopResume Amanda Augustine says that in her findings 50% of recruiters still pay attention to them. Be sure to include these things in ...

I am starting this cover letter with literally ANYTHING other than "I am applying for [job]." Also I'm not telling you how I found the job listing, unless someone influential told me to apply.

Many companies now don’t require candidates to submit cover letters. But should you still submit them? The author argues that cover letters are still important and uses research and his ...