Is the Cover Letter Dead? 37% of Recruiters Say Yes
Yello
JANUARY 7, 2020
Cover letters added value in the 1900s, but what about today? Cover letters emerged in the early 1900s as a way to collect additional information about work history. By the mid-20 th century, requests for cover letters to accompany resumes were appearing in newspaper job classifieds. In the 1980s and 1990s, they became big business, with companies offering cover letter writing services for a fee.
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