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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.

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stoly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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 ⁨week⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Who says that? It’s a new one to me.
  
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