Do Cover Letters Need A Header. Make sure you do it right. The cover letter is a contender for job seekers most hated part of the job search.
While cover letters may be on the decline Shannon Nolde lead recruiter at Zendesk a software development company in San Francisco says they have more value in specific jobs and industrieseg a creative job in marketing public relations or content fields where writing is prevalent. If youre including your cover letter as an attachment you can use the same heading as your resume. When formatting your cover letter dont use the headerfooter feature of Word or Google Docs.
Make sure your font size is large enough to be easily read.
Choose bold matching fonts and text sizes for the documents. The cover letter and resume should look like they belong together. Personally when browsing job boards Ive always gravitated toward the postings that said cover letter optional or didnt mention one at alland Im a writerWhen youre deep in a job huntparticularly one where you feel like youre throwing applications into a black holecover letters. When formatting your cover letter dont use the headerfooter feature of Word or Google Docs.
