Only one cover letter allowed in job portal for multiple positions

Question

I am applying for jobs and there is one portal powered by iRecruitment. The rules for the resume and cover letter are as follows

• The resume and cover letter in your profile are always the most recently uploaded versions.
• When you upload a new version, the old version will be removed.
• You cannot have different resumes or cover letters for different job applications
• To check if your resume or cover letter were uploaded, click on the blue link after you update your profile.

I can apply to multiple positions, but it only allows for one resume and one cover letter. Since I am qualified for these positions, would I need to write a general cover letter?

Answer 1

Just pick the most appropriate job. Write CV/Cover letter for that.

Any recruiter worth his/her salt will spot that you might be suitable for one of the other roles.

Also applying for multiple jobs at the same company makes you seem desperate.

Answer 2

Ed Heal's response seems like a good option for a niche role in a small company that did not outsource headhunting.

But if we are talking about a big company who might receive thousands of applications for every role:

You might often have your CV read only by machines, selected only if it seems like a good fit, and then shown to a human. So, maybe the software used by HR thinks you are a good fit for one role but not another. If you can send different CVs to different job applications, then consider doing so.

Also, you can have a generic cover letter, or you can claim in the cover letter that you are applying both for positon A and position B. There is nothing wrong with that, as long as you are at least a reasonable fit for both. You'll only look desperate or piss off the recruiter if you are applying for a job that's a very poor match. Think of an electronic engineer with only PCD design experience applying for a software development role.