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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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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      • stoly@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Who says that? It’s a new one to me.

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