Recruitment Nightmares- You can't make this stuff up: how not to write a cover letter

This is an actual cover letter, names have been changed to protect the innocent.

Dear Sirs,

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Sincerely Yours,

Bob

You just make this stuff up and this is why my job never gets old.

-Ryan

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Comment by Amber on July 31, 2013 at 2:22pm: What the heck?! Maybe it's some new service from CB, lol!

Comment by Ryan Mulrooney on July 31, 2013 at 3:13pm: No I think the gentleman is just strange. I actually called him, just to see how bad it would really be and I was couldn't get a word in for 10 minutes as he rambled on about nothing in particular. Waste of time? Definitely. Entertaining? Absolutely.

Thanks for the comment

Ryan

Comment by Derdiver on August 1, 2013 at 1:48pm: Wait. people still do cover letters? They say the resume is dead or dying. The cover letter must be a zombie then.