I read a *lot* of cover-letters from job applicants. Most suck.
If you want to get #fedihired, I've written a brief no-nonsense guide to improving your applications.
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/08/how-to-write-a-cover-letter-for-a-job/
@Edent the BL had a combination of cover letter and filling in little form boxes, and it was disastrous for tech recruitment
@Edent I feel like you’re doing well if the majority of CVs even come with a cover letter. Most of what I see these days is just a bare CV, often five pages long and covering every job the candidate has ever had, and the fact they were captain of their school hockey team (genuinely a thing mentioned on one CV I saw).
@Edent
Clicked thru worried I was doing this wrong.
Nope.
I have an introductory sentence, then the words "I address the selection criteria below", then succinct bullet points stating each criterion followed by my answer, then a closing sentence.
Maybe a tiny bit of hidden text with some keywords. That's it.