I've provided a cover letter on 2 jobs I applied for when I was just starting out, but never got a response on them. I got hired at my last job and about 3 years ago had a chance to hire a couple of helpdesk personnel. When I got the stack of applicants (almost 100), I read the first 3 or 4 cover letters and…

3 pages resume??? I might glance at page 2 to see what you thought was so important that you couldn't present what is relevant about you in one page.... but absolutely no chance I look at page 3. You already told me you are awful at being concise