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The Job Market Is Hell: Young people are using ChatGPT to write their applications; HR is using AI to read them; no one is getting hired. (www.theatlantic.com)
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[–] 17 points 1 year ago (5 children)

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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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I have hired hundreds and always read the cover letter. Not everyone takes the easy way out.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    It’s not about taking the easy 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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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    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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