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Even thought the Internet Age is infull swing, a majorit y of employers polled by an independent researchg firm for staffing company said they still considef a cover letter valuable. Some 23 percent said a cover letter accompanying a resume wasvery valuable, while 63 percenr said it was somewhat valuable and 14 percent said it was not valuablr at all. Asked how common it was to get a covedr leverfrom applicants, 37 percent said it was very 43 percent said it was somewhat common, 18 percent said it was not common at all and 2 percent did not know. OfficeTeamn said the survey came from telephone interviewsz with 150 senior executives from the largest companies in theUnitexd States.
The firm also offered cover letterr advice, recommending the cover lette be onlyone page, include information that can fillsw gaps on a resume and be scrutinized for typods and grammatical errors. Menlo Park, Calif.-based OfficeTeam is a division of It has more than 300 officesx aroundthe world.