“Dear Hiring Committee” is standard in academia and faculty searches where multiple reviewers share one packet — do not use it for typical corporate roles where one hiring manager decides.
Example openings
Dear Hiring Committee,
I am applying for the Assistant Professor of Biology position
(Job ID 2026-041). My research on coastal ecology aligns with
your department's focus on climate resilience.Dear Search Committee,
Please consider my application for the Lecturer in Creative
Writing. My published work includes two poetry collections and
five years of undergraduate teaching.Academic vs corporate
- Committee: faculty, postdoc, and research roles with posted search committees
- Manager: industry jobs — find the department lead, not a committee
- Address the chair by name when the posting lists committee members
Need the actual name instead of a generic salutation? Paste the job URL into DearHiringManager.io — find the hiring manager's name in about a minute, then open with “Dear [Name],” instead.