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Comment on The Job Market Is HellYoung people are using ChatGPT to write their applications; HR is using AI to read them; no one is getting hired.

Horsey@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I’ve used chatGPT for tens of applications at this point. Cover letters were always fucking useless, and when I was hiring,I never read them.

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stoly@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I have hired hundreds and always read the cover letter. Not everyone takes the easy way out.

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- Horsey@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  It’s not about taking the away way out though; anyone can write that cover letter. You can’t fake the interview, so that’s what has always mattered to me.
  
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  - stoly@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    For me, the cover letter is the first filter. Did they write a reasonably good and unique one? Does it address the job description? Do they explain how past experience prepares them and/or do they explain how this would be a mutually beneficial experience?
    
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    buttnugget@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Cover letters should be abolished along with people who say things like “I have the right to hire the best candidate for the job”.
    
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