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Cover letters are largely a waste of time UNLESS you come for a notably unusual background. For example - you have a PhD in Sociology and looking to get a job as a software engineer.

General rules for resumes - no more than 10 years experience listed - no more than 1 page listing job experience - if you have another page, it should only include things like talks given and/or published papers



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