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If anything from COVID-19 is sticking around in the world of recruitment, it’s the virtual interview. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, unless you were interviewing for a position that would require relocation, the virtual interview was quite rare. As a career services professional, I hardly ever spoke with students and graduates about how to prepare for this type of interview. It is now 2022, and the virtual interview is here to stay.

“Do I really need to submit a cover letter? Like, really, do I HAVE to?” “What would happen if I submitted the application without it?” Those are the most common questions I have heard from students about writing cover letters. My personal favorite? “What is a cover letter?” and the response after I explain it, “Who has time to read or write that?!”

Trust me, I KNOW. They are time consuming. They are repetitive. They are, well, not fun to write. BUT they ARE necessary.