I was thinking that you'd still need to get a potential employer to click through (unless the message was HTML formatted), which they might not do if they're inundated with responses.
Maybe he or a friend should submit the cover letter and his story to the business press. Wouldn't they be interested in something like that (as a job-hunting innovation)?
Exactly. I recently made a few webpages specifically for one job offer to go with my cover letter/resume. Unfortunately, these pages have never been opened…
I couldn't think of the best way to do it: a very short cover letter basically saying "open that webpage to see my real cover letter" might just annoy the recipient; a somewhat regular cover letter (my choice then) with an invitation to open a link still needs to be distinctive enough to convince the recipient to click the link.
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I was thinking that you'd still need to get a potential employer to click through (unless the message was HTML formatted), which they might not do if they're inundated with responses.
Maybe he or a friend should submit the cover letter and his story to the business press. Wouldn't they be interested in something like that (as a job-hunting innovation)?
Exactly. I recently made a few webpages specifically for one job offer to go with my cover letter/resume. Unfortunately, these pages have never been opened…
I couldn't think of the best way to do it: a very short cover letter basically saying "open that webpage to see my real cover letter" might just annoy the recipient; a somewhat regular cover letter (my choice then) with an invitation to open a link still needs to be distinctive enough to convince the recipient to click the link.
Why don't you start the story off with your email. If they are interested, they will click through to the rest of your pages.