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Cover letter as email, or as attached document?

  • 09-12-2011 11:36pm
    #1
    Broads.ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 397 ✭✭


    Hi, just a quick question.

    Is the cover letter usually part of the email that you send the employer (Cover letter as email + CV attached) or is it a separately attached word doc/pdf? (short introduction email + 2 attached docs - Cover letter, CV)

    Thanks.


Comments

  • #2
    bytheglass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 244 ✭✭bytheglass


    I would write my cover letter as email with CV attached :)


  • #3
    bytheglass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 244 ✭✭bytheglass


    Ha ha ha ha, I'm lovin' your username by the by!


  • #4
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    Cover letter on the email is perfect

    CV as an attachment. I would save it as an .rtf file as we had some issues opening some documents when I was checking job applications. Microsoft Word is grand too. Or pdf

    Lotus was one and some sort of Neoffice doc was another we had issues with. The Neoffice one wasn't a .doc, it was some other file. Messy and unneccesary


  • #5
    Irish_Elect_Eng
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,260 ✭✭✭Irish_Elect_Eng


    Both.

    Depending on the Job/Company.

    In addition I sometimes combine them into one PDF, to ensure that my beautifully crafted personalized cover letter makes it to the hiring manager, rather than the oval filing cabinet in the corner.


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