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[-] NABDad@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

My first job out of college was back in the days when you bought a newspaper and looked in the classifieds.

I set up a mail merge in word to generate cover letters for hundreds of jobs. Each entry in the database had a single sentence related to the job to make the cover letter look like it was written just for that job.

Years after I was hired, my boss told me that they received hundreds of applicants, but I stood out because I took the time to write a cover letter to go with my resume.

It was an IT job, so I always figured it was less cheating and more a confirmation of my skills.

[-] Jyek@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Now we use AI to write resumes and cover letters for every possible eligible job listing that will all get read by AI thousands at a time. And it will still be a shit job that doesn't pay you enough to live on.

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