Description: While most professionals spend hours and sometimes days or weeks mulling over just how to create the best resume, surprisingly enough, those same people more often than not, don't even give a second thought to including a cover letter. With the IT market as competitive as it is today, most IT professionals are finding that they've got to do something to make their resumes stand out in the pack. A cover letter is an excellent place to start. If your cover letter isn't any good, obviously – the resume that you labored over or even paid someone to write isn't even going to get read.