The Cover Letter is dead, replace it with this.

Charlie Bowsher, Partner at MCG Talent, shares his thoughts below on how the world of Recruitment is changing:

The Cover Letter has been replaced. I can't remember the last time I saw a Cover Letter and I get hundreds of CVs through every day.

If someone asks me if one would be beneficial for their application, I’d tell them not to waste their time.

There might be a handful of companies out there who would still request one but we are witnessing a huge paradigm shift in the world of Recruitment. We live in a fast-paced, transactional world. People are busy and time-poor.

If the average hiring manager/recruiter spends 6-8 seconds looking at a CV - do you think they'd make time to read a cover letter?

This is where your LinkedIn profile comes into play.

I check out the LinkedIn profile of every candidate I speak to before calling them.

When I’m pitching a candidate to a client over the phone, do you know what I’m hearing more and more often?

‘Send me their LinkedIn’.

While your LinkedIn can't be personalised to each role or company in the same way a Cover Letter can, it is hyper-personalised to you and who you are.

It plays to your strengths and is also vastly more effective.

Charlie shares his 6 point checklist to improve your LinkedIn profile in the latest edition of The Inner Circle, CLICK HERE to continue reading.