Since the resume is pretty much worthless, your comment says a lot.

That's news to me. I've never submitted a cover letter and have never worked in fast food/retail/coffee.

Is being able to write, reading job postings, and researching companies part of the person's job duties?

The fact that you're pawing through 200 resumes means you don't know how to screen properly. Make the candidates screen themselves, and ignore the crutch of the resume/cover letter.

Resumes are unnecessary, period*: they do not tell if a person can do the job, nor do they indicate whether the person will get along with the team.

...interesting; so if the best employee you could ever hire in terms of skills, ability, Getting Things Done and getting along with (and bringing out the best of) the rest of the team failed to include a cover letter, you would automatically disqualify that person?

I wonder what your mum would say was the meaning behind the 2004 Indonesia tsunami that killed over 200,000 people?

I have no proof that you're a Unicorn. Without evidence, I refuse to believe you're a Unicorn.

If you actually go through the Bible with a logical and reasoning mind, you will come out as either an atheist, an agnostic, or mentally ill.

@danzinnyman

What about a term for militant "my-way-or-get-out Christians"?

Most Christians have never actually read their bibles all the way through.

Many people who disparage Christianity claim to be Christians never read what Christ actually said most —if not all of the bible.

Ditto for HR

Oh dear. You don't hire unlucky people, even if they're the best candidate for the job?

@darklordofthesith - Here are two numbers: 54%, 46%. Which one is bigger?