I’m a hiring manager occasionally and I never got a cover letter and I don’t care for it. It’ll probably be written by AI anyway. Your interview tells me 80% of what I need to know.
It’s a numbers game. Keep applying all the time. Sad reality but nothing we as pleebs can do to change this.
You probably already do this, but gear your resume to the job description. Provide examples for the qualities the hiring manager is looking for.
Bonus: I’ve recommended hiring someone with less education over higher education because I knew they would fit better with our team. Worse than someone that doesn’t have skills is someone that can’t work with my team.
Or just do what I did and spam the apply button on Indeed until someone follows up. If an employer requires you to apply on the website, skip and move on. Took a few months but it eventually worked for me.
I’m a hiring manager occasionally and I never got a cover letter and I don’t care for it. It’ll probably be written by AI anyway. Your interview tells me 80% of what I need to know.
but how do we get to the interview.
I have a PhD and the most I get from applying to a job is the email confirming my submission. then ghosted.
2 things:
It’s a numbers game. Keep applying all the time. Sad reality but nothing we as pleebs can do to change this.
You probably already do this, but gear your resume to the job description. Provide examples for the qualities the hiring manager is looking for.
Bonus: I’ve recommended hiring someone with less education over higher education because I knew they would fit better with our team. Worse than someone that doesn’t have skills is someone that can’t work with my team.
Or just do what I did and spam the apply button on Indeed until someone follows up. If an employer requires you to apply on the website, skip and move on. Took a few months but it eventually worked for me.
It took me 600 applications to get my first job. Now I work at $FAANG. Your full-time job, until you get a job, is applying to everything