Originally Posted by
PotatoChip
I wish cover letters were still used. I'm tired of filling out online forms that turn me into a bunch of numbers with zero personality. If places like Atlas (and 75% of other carriers) truly were concerned with the person and not just the numbers then they would embrace cover letters. But alas, I understand no one has time to read 1000 cover letters anymore. It's a shame, it'd be really easy to weed out 50% of applicants on grammar and spelling alone. This thread is a testament to that.
Fair enough, I'll just keep filling out my PAQ...
If you understood Atlas, you'd know they do care about the person and they address that in a one on one phone interview. Cover letters used to be appropriate until interview mills came up with all kinds of used car salesman "here's why you should hire me" crap that is now so prolific, it is nothing more than an exercise in who can blow smoke better, hence the phone call.
Hours and numbers are hours and numbers. Talking to someone is a much better way of weeding out the folks who won't fit into the program. You may disagree, but it's their ball and their bat.