Recruiter cover letter example. Annotated, paragraph by paragraph.
Monica Alvarez is applying for the Senior Recruiter, Clinical Hiring role at Lamna Healthcare. The letter goes with their recruiter resume example — same person, same results — so you can see how the two work together.
By Nazir Elmurodov · Updated
Recruiter cover letter
Monica Alvarez
Nashville, TN · monica.alvarez@email.com · linkedin.com/in/monicaalvarez
Robert Haines
Senior Recruiter, Clinical Hiring, Lamna Healthcare
Dear Robert Haines,
I'm applying for the Senior Recruiter role on Lamna Healthcare's clinical hiring team. At Cumberland Health Network I manage 20–25 open requisitions at a time for nursing, IT and corporate roles across 6 hospitals, so I know how hard and how important clinical hiring is.
In 2025 I filled 140 roles and cut our average time to fill from 52 to 38 days. Much of that came from reaching people who weren't applying: I source passive candidates with LinkedIn Recruiter and Boolean search and run employee referral campaigns, and sourced hires rose to 35% of the total.
I also work closely with hiring managers. We rebuilt our interview scorecards in Greenhouse so every interviewer was assessing the same things, and offer acceptance rose from 78% to 90%. Before that, at Music Row Staffing, I placed 90+ candidates, screened 60+ people a week and ran hiring events that filled 45 seasonal roles in 3 weeks.
I'd enjoy talking about your clinical hiring goals for the coming year. Thank you for considering my application.
Sincerely,
Monica Alvarez
What each paragraph does
Paragraph 1: Names the team, her requisition load and her healthcare experience in the first paragraph.
Paragraph 2: Gives volume and speed, then explains how she achieved them through sourcing.
Paragraph 3: Shows partnership with hiring managers and earlier high-volume agency work.
Paragraph 4: A short close focused on the employer's goals.
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Use recruiting metrics
Roles filled, time to fill and offer acceptance are the numbers recruiting leaders compare.
02
Say who you hire
Clinical, technical or hourly hiring are different specialties. Name yours.
03
Show how you work with managers
One example of changing the process with hiring managers shows you're a partner, not just a sourcer.
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