Rahul Verma ·
Using AI to write your applications is now normal, and it is quietly making applications worse
Recruiters read hundreds of these. The generated ones converge on the same rhythm, the same three-part sentences, the same enthusiasm about an exciting opportunity. When everything reads the same, the thing that stands out is a specific detail only you could have written.
Draft with a tool if it helps. Then put in the specifics it cannot know.
#ai#tools#honesty
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