Not all positions will request a cover letter, but we suggest you always include one with your application materials, when possible. When application instructions are to email your resume, consider ...

Somebody hiring you for a job will skim your resume, or may use an applicant tracking system to review it, but they will read your cover letter if ... clear in the first paragraph why you are ...

Keep in mind, the cover letter should not directly lift content from other supporting material. For example, if a job call also asks for a Teaching Statement or Philosophy, you should not feel ...