Katy Martin, Career Developer at Dev Bootcamp Chicago, gives some suggestions: 'You could use your first sentence to acknowledge the recruiter's pain (e.g., ‘ is growing at an astronomical rate it must be a whirlwind to keep up with it all!’) or use it to surprise and delight the recruiter (e.g., ‘At a mere six years old, I pulled up the command line on our old Dell and started hammering away at beginner code.’).' This will make your cover letter different than the competition from the get-go.ģ. Grab their interest right away with your first sentence.
Recruiters are busy people, and especially if you’re applying to a lucrative position, you should anticipate that they’ll be reading lots of letters.
