@darius @misc even as someone who dislikes writing cover letters, I think they're still needed to explain why someone's a match for *this particular position* in a way that a resume doesn't cover, unless people just make a custom resume for each job they apply to. (Which some do, I realize.)

@darius @misc I mean, based on what you're saying, it doesn't sound useless at all. In fact, it seems like a very strong signal about how that person will approach the job - and could help avoid considerable future liability for certain types of organizations.

@darius pretty sure I once got a callback purely because I put “Left Nostril in a Mucinex commercial” in that field