Plan: what is a cover letter How to write a cover letter

Details you shouldn’t include in your cover letter

The following information makes your cover letter unprofessional, and may even invite discrimination from your potential employer. Delete any of the following from any of your application documents:

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  Personal information, such as family, religion, sexual orientation, or gender
  
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  Salary information, such as former salary, or salary expectations
  
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  Questions and inquiries, such as ones about company benefits or job expectations. If you need to know, ask in an email outside of your application, or during the interview process.
  
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