I have come across a startup in the very early stages, and I'm interested in working with them. They recently posted a job opening for a web designer and I want to apply. Is there any specific thing I should do regarding applying to a startup? Like a cover letter or something else?
Cover letters are for bureaucrats in government offices or companies with HR departments.
Startups may evolve into Microsofts; but, for the time being, they'll be oriented very differently. Either they'll be dreaming about future success while staring at the ceiling or else they'll be working 25 hours per day to connect the dots.
The first kind of entrepreneur might like cover letters, and that project will generate lots of mission statements, business plans, and little else. But the practical entrepreneur with a chance of success will look at a cover later impatiently and maybe throw out your application because it doesn't get to the point.
If you must write a cover letter, make it a list of the work you'll deliver and the date you'll deliver it.
Answered 10 years ago
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