Comment by ein0p

I know this form of procrastination and action avoidance. :-) Never in my life have I applied to more than 3 companies, and never in my life did I need (or receive, as a hiring manager) a cover letter. My CV was always quite sufficient. The most idiotic part of the whole process (besides the interview loop, that is) is that I can't just submit my LinkedIn profile and be done with it, every single company insists that I enter my info (which is quite extensive, 25 years in) into their system manually. For resume I just export my LinkedIn as PDF these days.