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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andrei Radu" data-source="post: 219851" data-attributes="member: 36777">Unless the total available word count is very high, you should generally be aiming to utilise the majority of it. Recruiters have told me that otherwise: (i) other candidates will have an advantage over you simply because they will have discussed more experiences in more depth and will have analysed their motivations and skills in more detail; and (ii) that you will be disadvantaged in that recruiters may infer that you have not put in enough effort to make your cover letter as good as possible. As such, I think you should definitely be aiming to at least reach the 950ish word count range. To get there without being verbose or unnecessarily dragging your points, I would consider:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ensuring you analyse all experiences you mention using a fully-fleshed out STAR structure</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Going more in-depth in analysing the firm's USPs: for instance, instead of just mentioning a Chambers ranking for a practice area, you could discuss a deal/case it worked on, its client base, other awards and rankings, notable lateral hires and practitioners, and draw comparisons with main rivals. </li> </ul></blockquote>

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