I forgot to attach cover letter to my resume. What shall I do?

Some times it so happens that you forgot to attach a cover letter to your resume and later on, you will recollect that you forget to enclose a cover letter. What do you do? The answer to this is, mail another copy of resume along with cover letter and pursue with the HR manager about the progress.

On many occasions, applicants submit their resume and after that, they do not like to give a follow-up to the company. 

Therefore you can always draw benefit from the company by giving a call or send a mail to the company, stating that you have submitted your resume about a certain job and you would like to know whether you have been short listed.

Companies will appreciate your interest and may call you for an immediate interview with you and may also give you a good news that you have been selected. Therefore, there is no need for you to get disappointed when you forgot to attach a cover letter to your resume. 

There is definitely an alternative remedy where you can correct your mistake by forwarding another copy of your resume or visit the company and meet HR manager personally and put a note that you did not attach cover letter due to your heavy schedule of work in your job. While this may vary in many situations, it should be your honest effort to always accept the formalities of cover letter and resume and give a complete satisfaction to your employer.