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The purpose of a cover letter is to narrate your resume in your own voice. Your resume is a dense, concise, bullet pointed document. It is unfriendly and unfeeling. Your cover letter is there to contextualize your resume.
Given the mixture of electronic and standard ways to apply for a job these days, it is important to know how to format your cover letter depending on the way you’ll be submitting it to an employer.