<p>Prospective interns are often advised to address cover letters to specific personnel. But most banks (e.g., Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan) do not provide this information. Nor do they give the specific address of the human resource department. How may I obtain the address and name of the person responsible for recruitment? Is it appropriate to call them?</p>
<p>"If you don’t have a name, don’t panic - just use the company name and address instead. Yes, it’s better to have a real name and send it to a real person, but it’s not a deal-breaker.</p>
<p>Similarly, “Dear so-and-so” works better if the “so-and-so” is someone’s name but if you don’t have it, “Dear Sir or Madam” is acceptable." </p>
<p>from Mergers and Inquisitions </p>
<p>for address, you can probably just Google for the corporate headquarters.</p>
<p>quick question...I am planning on applying to many firms, but I don't feel like making a specific cover letter for each company. </p>
<p>Is it acceptable to make a generic cover letter for the banks I apply to?</p>
<p>For most of mine I just put the company headquarters address on the top. I didn't make a specific cover letter for each bank I applied to. The first three paragraphs of my cover letter are the same, I just changed the name of the bank. For the last paragraph, I found something that I thought was really interesting about the specific firm and included that in there as a reason I wanted to work at that firm in particular. For a couple banks, I had met people and gone to recruiting events so I made sure to mention that in the opening paragraph of my cover letter for those banks. Has anyone heard back yet about interviews for ibanks?</p>
<p>I think a lot of people tend to write generic cover letters and just change certain sentences to tailor it to each bank. That's what I'm doing.</p>