Really dumb boring question

[shame_less_]

If you are e-mailing someone looking for a job, and attaching a cover letter and a resume, what do you say in the body of the email that isn't just repeating what you said in the cover letter? Cuz I mean... you can't just not do the whole "Dear Mr. Cox, I am a student looking for summer employment who was referred to you by blah blah blah" in the

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[michi_eat_world]

paste the text from the coverletter into the body, attach the resume.
though, i've never actually gotten a job through this method. or over the internet. or legitemetely at all.

get up heree mann.

[freaky_eggplant]

I'd probably just say something brief and technical like "Attached is my application and resume; I appreciate your time and consideration and I hope to hear from you soon."

[taintedmelody]

I generally put the cover letter in the body of the email, and attach the resume itself. I did get my current job this way. But it's up to you, the method above could also work well.

[iamfound13]

Ive always done it with cover letter in email body and attach resume. They dont want to have to open both, they usually will just read the cover letter (aka email) and then delete or print resume if you sound interesting.

i hate applying for jobs. i have no idea what im doing this summer

[whiters]

i put the cover letter text in the body and attach the cover letter and resume
hopefully that'll work because i need an internship