During the job application process, your resume is the primary tool—but your cover letter is just as important. Cake provides a built-in cover letter feature before you submit an application, allowing employers to quickly understand your strengths even before opening your resume.Below is a brief introduction to the cover letter features on Cake:
Writing Cover Letter
Manually Compose
Using Cake AI Generate
Creating Cover Letter Templates
Editing Cover Letter Templates
Writing a Cover Letter
Find a position you would like to apply for and click “Apply Now”.
In the “Resume / CV” section, please select Use Cake Resume.
In the “Cover Letter" section, either write your content or use “Cake AI Generate" to generate one.
Manually Compose
Cover Letter Toolbar Features
Text Formatting
B (Bold): Click to apply bold formatting to the selected text.
I (Italic): Click to italicize the selected text.
U (Underline): Click to underline the selected text.
Lists
Unordered List: Creates bullet points.
Ordered List: Creates numbered lists.
Insert Link
Select the text where you want to add a link.
Click the “Link” icon in the toolbar.
Enter a URL starting with
https://and click “Insert”.
Edit Link
Select the linked text.
Click the “Link” icon in the toolbar or the “Edit” option in the black tooltip.
Update the link or text and click “Save“.
Remove Link
Select the linked text, click the ”Link“ icon, and choose ”Unlink“ to remove the link.
Open Link
Click the link in the black tooltip to open it.
Using Cake AI Generate
In the ”Cover Letter" section, click “Cake AI Generate".
Customize your content preferences (language, tone of voice, and length), then click “Generate".
After 5–10 seconds, three cover letter versions will be generated. In the “Results" section, click the “<" and “>" icons to preview them.
Select your preferred version and click ”Insert Result".
Note: You can generate cover letters up to 10 times every 24 hours. If you want to change your content preferences, click “Reset Reference” in the lower-left corner to set them again. Each reset counts as one usage.
Creating a Cover Letter Template
After completing your cover letter, click ”Create Template".
Enter a name for the new template in “Name your new template” page.
Click “Confirm" to save the template.
You can later find and reuse your templates in “My Templates”, making quick edits as needed.
Note: Changes made to a cover letter do not automatically update existing templates. If you want to reuse revised content, please create a new template.
Editing Cover Letter Templates
Click the “Edit” icon to rename it, after renaming, click “Done”.
Click the “Delete” icon and click “Delete”to remove a template.
Note: Deleted cover letter templates cannot be recovered.
If you’re unsure how to write a cover letter, you can refer to our related articles or visit the Resources for more inspiration. If you have any other questions, feel free to reach out to the Cake Customer Team.