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What to Write in an Email When Sending a Resume (+ Templates)
Cursor blinking in an empty email with your resume attached? Here's exactly what to write: the subject line, the body, and copy-paste templates for applying with or without a cover letter.
Can Employers Tell If You Used AI on Your Resume? (2026)
Used ChatGPT for your resume or cover letter and worried you'll get caught? Here's the honest answer: what actually gives it away, what the 2026 data says, and how to use AI so it reads like you.
How to Address a Cover Letter (With or Without a Name)
Stuck on the salutation? Here's exactly who to address your cover letter to: when you know the name, when you don't, and the greetings to retire in 2026.
How Long Should a Cover Letter Be? (The Simple Answer)
Half a page to one page, about 250 to 400 words. Here's the ideal cover letter length by word count, paragraph, and section, plus when the rules change.
Are Cover Letters Dead in 2026? What the Data Says
Not dead, but no longer mandatory by default. The data on whether recruiters read cover letters is mixed. Here is the honest verdict, what replaced the letter, and a clear rule for when to write one.
How to Use ChatGPT to Write a Cover Letter (Without It Sounding Like AI)
Want to use AI for your cover letter without the generic, robotic result? Here's the exact workflow, copy-paste ChatGPT prompts, how to feed it your resume, and how to kill the AI tells.