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[–] horse_battery_staple@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Finding a job is literally a job right now. If the post reads like ai then give them an AI cover letter, don't waste your time if they're not. If it's a succinct human written posting, give an honest and professional written cover letter. The years of experience are a filter, ignore them. Focus on if you understand the problem the team is trying to solve. Or if you can learn it in a reasonable time. (Less than six months)

Here's a good video. If anyone has an open source mirror of the YouTube link I'll post that here too.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=iC-PMJ8B4Z0

Also an article https://archive.fo/Asqae

Good luck. I hope you're able to take a break and connect with loved ones right now.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You know what we do with cover letters?

Throw them in the trash.

[–] horse_battery_staple@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You work in HR hiring software devs or working with recruiters?

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I work with recruiters to hire engineers.

[–] horse_battery_staple@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So not the standard HR dept someone would find on LinkedIn or Indeed or any of the other job boards.

Thanks for the input.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

To be fair, the recruiter usually throws it away for me first.

I do also handle a number of directly incoming resumes.