You can write a cover letter inside a resume, so it prints in the same fonts and colors and exports in the same PDF. It’s a custom section of the type Cover Letter.
This page is about writing a letter in the builder. To have Hiresweep AI write a cover letter for a job you saved in Applications, see Tailoring and cover letters.

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Create a cover letter section

1

Add a section

In the builder’s Edit tab, select Add a section at the end of the section list. You can also open Custom Sections and choose Add a new custom section.
2

Choose the Cover Letter type

In Create a new custom section, enter a Title, for example “Cover letter” or “Cover letter, Acme”. Set Section Type to Cover Letter and select Create.
3

Add the letter

Open the new section and choose Add a new item. Create a new cover letter opens with two fields, Recipient and Content.
4

Write and save

Fill in both fields and select Create.

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Recipient and Content

Recipient holds the address block. Put each part on its own line:
Content holds the letter itself: the greeting, a few paragraphs on why you fit the role, and your sign-off. Both are rich-text fields with the same toolbar as the rest of the builder: bold, italic, underline, lists, alignment, links and more. Select Fullscreen in the toolbar for a larger writing area, and Exit Fullscreen to go back. See Editing resume sections. A cover letter section prints without a section heading, so the letter starts with the recipient block.

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Put the letter on its own page

1

Add a page

Open the Design tab, go to Layout and select Add Page.
2

Drag the section to the new page

In Layout, drag the cover letter section from its current page into the new page’s Main column.
3

Make the page full width (optional)

Turn on Full Width for that page so the letter uses the whole page width instead of leaving room for a sidebar.
4

Check the preview

Make sure the letter sits on its own page.
Pages print in order. To put the letter first, drag it to Page 1 and move your resume sections to Page 2.
Move to in an item’s menu moves single items, not whole sections. Use Layout to move the cover letter section between pages.

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Several letters in one resume

Each letter is its own custom section, so you can:
  • keep one section per application and title them clearly, for example “Cover letter, Google”;
  • hide the ones you aren’t sending with Hide in the section’s menu;
  • copy a letter as a starting point with Duplicate in the section’s menu.
If you send many applications, it’s often tidier to duplicate the whole resume per job. See Managing resumes from the dashboard.

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Tips

  • Keep it to 250–400 words.
  • Name the role and company, and refer to one or two requirements from the posting.
  • Proofread before you export.