This won’t be a super organized post, but I wanted to put this out into the ether. As I’ve been on the job hunt I’ve experimented with using chatGPT to help me craft cover letters (example here ).
I thought that a demonstration of using a relatively new technology would demonstrate creative thinking and maybe help me get my application to the top of the pile.
However, it seems like the chatGPT output is missing something, because I seem to be having better luck by crafting cover letters myself. I haven’t found it fruitful to collect data on this (frankly my time is better spent writing cover letters and sending applications). It might be something I revisit down the road.
However, I want to automate everything I can, and to that end I’ve created a word template that uses fill-in fields to allow me to automatically insert information into the template. This has the benefit of saving a bunch of time but still enabling the letters to be individualized to each job and company. You can read more about how to do this in MS Word here.