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  • fizzle@quokk.autoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldTake cover
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    8 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.


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    9 days ago

    I get that the grind looking for a job can be tough.

    As a small business with just 3 or 4 staff hiring is also tough.

    Hiring the wrong person is very, very costly.

    I dont think that asking for confirmation that an applicant has read the job advert is “abuse”, but if you do then there’s no need to apply I guess.