Re:It's the Job of My Dreams, but I'd Have to Write a Cover ...
by sjducb on Thursday November 09, 2023 @02:01PM
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In my last job search which ended 2 weeks ago. I wrote one good cover letter per day, sent directly to both the job poster and the application if it was possible to post a letter.
Then I spent 20 min spamming my CV at anything remotely relevant.
2 interviews came from cover letters, 2 from spamming my CV and one came from an inbound recruiter who contacted me. The offer that I accepted came from the inbound message from a recruiter.
It was still worth applying to the other jobs because I was able to use my offers to negotiate a higher salary.
The cover letters had a higher success rate per application than just sending my CV, but just sending the CV takes 1-2min whereas a cover letter is half an hour, so spamming the CV is a better use of time.
Job search lasted 6 weeks, but the last 4 of those were focusing 100% on my interviews and not applying for more.
Then I spent 20 min spamming my CV at anything remotely relevant.
2 interviews came from cover letters, 2 from spamming my CV and one came from an inbound recruiter who contacted me. The offer that I accepted came from the inbound message from a recruiter.
It was still worth applying to the other jobs because I was able to use my offers to negotiate a higher salary.
The cover letters had a higher success rate per application than just sending my CV, but just sending the CV takes 1-2min whereas a cover letter is half an hour, so spamming the CV is a better use of time.
Job search lasted 6 weeks, but the last 4 of those were focusing 100% on my interviews and not applying for more.