Cover letters are really only useful when you're acquainted with the company well enough to actually want to work with them (but not well enough to just call up and say hi). It's more commonly just fluff:
> I want to work for Acme Corp because RocketSled 2.0 is exciting...
Blah, blah, blah. If you're hiring for acme corp, just accept the acme resumes. If you're hiring for somewhere neat, then why not dig into your network and make the cover letter AND the resume unnecessary?
> I want to work for Acme Corp because RocketSled 2.0 is exciting...
Blah, blah, blah. If you're hiring for acme corp, just accept the acme resumes. If you're hiring for somewhere neat, then why not dig into your network and make the cover letter AND the resume unnecessary?