When you\u2019re deep in your job search, you might spend hours perfecting your resume and selecting the right cover letter format \u2014 only to pause at the very first line. How should you address your cover letter if you don\u2019t know who to address it to?<\/p>\n
Starting your cover letter with \u201cTo Whom It May Concern\u201d might feel safe, but it can also make you sound detached or impersonal. In a hiring landscape, where hiring managers read dozens (if not hundreds) of cover letters every week, showing initiative and personalization makes a big difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2207,"featured_media":55880,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[40,597,245,704,129,706,707,708],"class_list":["post-22582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover-letter-tips","tag-best-cover-letters","tag-cover-letter-advice","tag-cover-letter-format","tag-cover-letter-greeting","tag-to-whom-it-may-concern","tag-to-whom-it-may-concern-alternatives","tag-to-whom-it-may-concern-cover-letter","tag-to-whom-it-may-concern-cover-letter-alternatives"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t