Writing A Cover Letter Blindly Makes You 'No Better Than The Guy On The Corner Handing Out Leaflets'

In the latest edition of “Ask the Headhunter,” he writes that sending a cover letter to a person you have met is one thing, but writing one and attaching it to the resume you’re blindly submitting is likely useless.

If your mailing (whether via e-mail or regular post) is not addressed to anyone in particular—or is submitted to a name in a job posting—then it will wind up in the hands of the human resources (HR) department.