Tempted to use AI to write or improve your next cover letter? Recruiters and employment experts say it can make your job application stand out for all the wrong reasons.
Employment experts and recruiters warn that using generative AI tools to draft your CV and cover letter could make your application stand out for the wrong reasons.Applying for jobs can be stressful and if writing a cover letter leaves you feeling overwhelmed, it can be tempting to turn to generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT.
It's a sentiment echoed by Fiona Macdonald, acting director of the Australia Institute's Centre for Future Work. Libby Sander says relying too heavily on generative AI to write a cover letter can make your application sound like everyone else's."If I'm seeing a cover letter that, in my opinion, is really clearly written by ChatGPT, my question is, do you have the ability to write for yourself and think for yourself?"
Ms Staden says a cover letter is a recruiter or hiring manager's first impression of a candidate and an opportunity to give some insights into your personality and explain why you would be a good fit for an organisation. "The CV is the user manual and the cover letter is the flashy advert, the thing that makes you want to look at the user manual," Ms Tredinnick says.Ms Tredinnick says it can be obvious when an applicant has used GAI to optimise their CV to make themselves look like a perfect match.
If you are going to use GAI to help with your application, Ms Staden advises using it "as your editor, not your ghostwriter".
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