Cover letter help. No name to address to.

[Computer500]

Hi,

I researched online for sample cover letters and found a lot of examples. But, I don't know which one would be most appropriate. Also, I don't want to offend the person who is reading my resume/cover letter. One of my friends called the prof 'Madam' instead of her name and she got very angry. This cover letter will be sent to the HR department or whoever receives it at the company.

Dear Sir or Madam,

To whom it may concern,

Dear Human Resources Department,

Dear Hiring Manager,


Any recommendations are welcomed.
Thank you in advance.

[mingming]

Dear recruiter at [company],

[rilhouse]

i have used "dear employment recruiter".

[ullyeus]

I like "to whom"

[b166er1337]

"Dear Selection Committee" ?

[rems]

Dear Sir or Madam

[EM_K19]

I always use "To whom it may concern" in those situations.

[Takami]

I always use "To whom it may concern" in those situations.

I have thought about this one but I decided against it instead. It seems to me that the only situation where saying "to whom it may concern" is appropriate is when you have a higher power or governing authority addressing to a lower figure unknown to the sender.

If you break down the sentence, this phrase means "the letter is being addressed to whoever that cares about is".... which ironically is the sender, and not the recruiter, who receives possibility thousands of these cover letters. I can imagine that they are not really "concerned" about your application.

I could be wrong.

[nhui06]

Ideally, you would like to some how some way find out who the Recruiter is, and then impress them by putting in their name directly. Of course, it doesn't always work like that, but that is idea. Otherwise, I normally just put the company name like Dear Sony Canada,

[Computer500]

Thanks for the advices. Really helped.

[isarobotirl]

In actuality, none of the above are good. Always try your best to find out who is the hiring manager and put their name down. Dear Mr/Ms So and So. Use the phone, linkedin, google. It leaves a better impression and shows that you know how the game is played.