• fizzle@quokk.auEnglish
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    15 days ago

    I can’t speak for food truck guy but in a way part of the reason for cover letters is that they discourage drive bys like that. A bit like a bot test for visiting a website these days. “Do a little extra to prove you’re real”.

    I totally understand that people work in exchange for money, but there’s loads of places you can work for money. As the employer there’s an advantage in hiring a person that specifically wants to work for me, or at least employers like me.

    That means, candidates that reviewed 24 job postings and applied for the 6 which are more desirable to them, are the candidates which are much more desirable to me. People that just want a job and any job will do are obviously less desirable.

    A template is fine, and kind of expected honestly.

    • alsimoneau@lemmy.ca
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      14 days ago

      Do interviews then. Cover letters discourages the real people whereas the"drive bys", as you called them, will just crap something out with AI in 2 seconds.

      Asking for interviews also shows you’re as invested in finding a good match for an employee as the employee is in finding a good boss.

      • fizzle@quokk.auEnglish
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        14 days ago

        Interviews take a lot of time and resources. We’re hiring someone presently and interviews will take an hour for myself and two staff for each candidate. We’ve decided to interview 10 candidates.

        • alsimoneau@lemmy.ca
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          13 days ago

          So does finding a job.

          People spend months looking for a job, full time with no pay, and you’re here complaining that you need to spend a few days interviewing people, for which you’re being paid since it’s your job.

          • fizzle@quokk.auEnglish
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            13 days ago

            The business is not being paid for allocating resources to the hiring process.