Proper place for a cover letter?

[Runes911]

If a company is looking for job applications by email only, where should your cover letter go? Should it be part of your resume attachment or should your cover letter be the body of the email?

 

[JoPh]

body of the email

 

[Runes911]

Hmm just googled it. I get a different answer, anyone else wanna help me out?

 

[BCYL]

I always include 2 attachments - cover letter & resume

The receipient of the e-mail might not be the person reviewing your application. The HR person might print off ur cover letter & resume for the hiring manager. If you include it in your e-mail, your cover letter won't look nice when printed

 

[ironcrotch]

Just put it in the body of the email and attach your resume.

 

[NogginBoink]

I would include the cover letter as part of resume.doc. It's far more likely to get seen that way.

 

[DougK62]

Cover letter and text-only version of resume go in email body. Then a single attachment in PDF (unless another format is specified) containing cover letter and resume.

 

[yowolabi]

Originally posted by: DougK62
Cover letter and text-only version of resume go in email body. Then a single attachment in PDF (unless another format is specified) containing cover letter and resume.

why pdf and not a word document?

 

[BCYL]

Originally posted by: yowolabi

Originally posted by: DougK62
Cover letter and text-only version of resume go in email body. Then a single attachment in PDF (unless another format is specified) containing cover letter and resume.

why pdf and not a word document?

If you have Word 2003 and they are still using Word 97, your formatting might get messed up

 

[DougK62]

Originally posted by: BCYL

Originally posted by: yowolabi

Originally posted by: DougK62
Cover letter and text-only version of resume go in email body. Then a single attachment in PDF (unless another format is specified) containing cover letter and resume.

why pdf and not a word document?

If you have Word 2003 and they are still using Word 97, your formatting might get messed up

Yep. PDF's look the same on every computer.