The more likely culprit is unconscious bias, a set of assumptions that
cause recruiters or managers to overlook
candidates because they don't
fit their mental model of the ideal employee.
A defender of the Bloomberg legacy that de Blasio's made it his mission to uproot, Tusk has started a group called NYC Deserves Better to bash de Blasio in next year's race, and has been talking up Donovan as the
candidate who could
fit with the
cause.
For most positions, ditching your cover letter gives you better odds of success, since 97 % of hiring managers claimed that cover letters are ignored in
candidate evaluation (as opposed to selling yourself on an individualized resume), claimed that cover letters often eliminated
candidates, but mentioned that lack of a cover letter alone seldom
caused elimination.There's never a one size
fits all in resumes or job search.