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Darius Kazemi

@misc yeah. I'm wondering if we should just remove the cover letter field from our application. it's basically useless now

22 Nov 2023 at 18:00 | Open on friend.camp
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James M.

@darius @misc even as someone who dislikes writing cover letters, I think they're still needed to explain why someone's a match for *this particular position* in a way that a resume doesn't cover, unless people just make a custom resume for each job they apply to. (Which some do, I realize.)

22 Nov 2023 at 18:14 | Open on sfba.social
Kevin Boyd

@darius @misc I mean, based on what you're saying, it doesn't sound useless at all. In fact, it seems like a very strong signal about how that person will approach the job - and could help avoid considerable future liability for certain types of organizations.

22 Nov 2023 at 18:20 | Open on phpc.social
meetar

@darius pretty sure I once got a callback purely because I put “Left Nostril in a Mucinex commercial” in that field

22 Nov 2023 at 21:38 | Open on mastodon.xyz
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