David Silverman, an entrepreneur, executive, and author, writes about the best cover letter he's ever received on Harvard Business Review. He complains that most cover letters are terrible because ...

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Wall Street bosses heap praise on a college student's cover letter calling it the best they've ever seen.

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6. Be conversational. Job seekers sometimes feel that a cover letter should be as formal as possible, but the best cover letters are written in a conversational, engaging tone.

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The best cover letters are written in a warm, conversational tone -- like the one you might use when writing to a colleague whom you like very much but don't know well.

This week, the finance community is abuzz over another application -- but this one comes with a document that some bankers are calling “the best cover letter” ever for its candor and humility.

An extremely earnest cover letter written by a young man from South Korea went viral Monday, after a picture of the cheerful, nearly incomprehensible document was posted on social news site Reddit.