This is legitimately funny
Counterpoint: cover letters are exactly the kind of time-sucking circle jerk that should be automated, and at least your candidate is showing that they can use technology to automate time-wasting menial tasks and prioritize their time effectively.
I’m all for using AI to ease the burden of cover letters, but a real candidate is going to check the result before sending
Ding ding
I don’t care if you used automation to ease a menial task. That’s basically half the reason TO automate things.
I DO care if you can’t even be arsed to read what the automation spit out to fact check.
Their first problem is asking for a cover letter. I’ve applied to hundreds of jobs while looking, you think I’m going to hand write 100+ cover letters, customized for each and every job? Hell no.