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That’s still too much work IMO (or rather it was until ChatGPT/Claude came along lmao)
I prefer my spray and pray method, any application that takes me longer than like a couple minutes is just going to get skipped altogether. Id rather send out 5 applications in 10 minutes than work on polishing 1 for 15
Ofc that’s all industry dependent, if you’re in a niche or otherwise tight industry like academia or some shit, my method prob won’t work so well
I’m probably at a different point in my career. The last time I was looking for jobs, I applied for three, got three interviews, and offered two jobs (the third ended up closing without hiring anyone, which I think was the fault of their ad - it was clear to both of us in the interview I was the wrong person).
But if I was applying for an entry level job, I probably would put the same amount of effort in.
The current state of job hunting in the US is a nightmare. An estimated 80% of applications never get a response of any kind (not a rejection or even any form of recognition that they even got your resume), and something like up to 10% of job postings are “ghost positions” - jobs that don’t actually exist and are created by recruiters to get their numbers up.
Companies use AI to pre-filter resumes before anyone even looks at them, so I say that using AI to write cover letters is fair to maximize your odds of getting looked at while minimizing effort since it takes potentially a hundred applications to get a single interview.
Oh I believe it’s like that here too, but I have been in the same job a couple of years now so haven’t had to face it this time around.
I also don’t apply to roles that use (admit to using) automated screening. I will fail so there’s no point.