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Re:'Ghost jobs' are on the rise – and so are calls to ban them by josefrichter on Thursday December 18, 2025 @02:28AM (#46309862)
Cover letters are dead imho. Even before AI came to play.
Re:'Ghost jobs' are on the rise – and so are calls to ban them by GJim on Thursday December 18, 2025 @04:54AM (#46310744)
Total opposite here.

If you can't be bothered with a simple cover letter (a paragraph or two is fine) highlighting why you are a good fit and just send a CV..... Frankly, it comes across as low effort spamming.

Re:'Ghost jobs' are on the rise – and so are calls to ban them by Akronymus on Thursday December 18, 2025 @06:26AM (#46311403)
As someone currently looking for a new job, I stopped bothering with cover letters because they didn't make the faintest of differences. After many dozens of rejections I am just burnt out about writing them.
Re:'Ghost jobs' are on the rise – and so are calls to ban them by jagoff on Thursday December 18, 2025 @08:40AM (#46312490)
This fucking shit, which really boils down to a humiliation ritual focusing on why you """deserve to be here""", needs to fucking end. You are no more deserving than the applicant.
Re:'Ghost jobs' are on the rise – and so are calls to ban them by GJim on Thursday December 18, 2025 @10:41AM (#46314040)
If you consider briefly highlighting the relevant parts of your experience to a potential employer as "fucking shit", then perhaps you are unsuitable for the role being offered.
Re:'Ghost jobs' are on the rise – and so are calls to ban them by jijijijij on Thursday December 18, 2025 @01:00PM (#46316187)
I am sure, you hold the employer to the same standards. For example disclosing salary range information beforehand, or writing rejection letters afterwards, so applicants going through the trouble of doing their part aren't wasting their time and energy.

Right?

Re:'Ghost jobs' are on the rise – and so are calls to ban them by jagoff on Thursday December 18, 2025 @04:28PM (#46319038)
"lol", said GJim. "lmao", he muttered.
Re:'Ghost jobs' are on the rise – and so are calls to ban them by GJim on Friday December 19, 2025 @06:19AM (#46324566)
> I am sure, you hold the employer to the same standards

I most certainly do!

Incidentally, the very idea of not providing a salary range is truly baffling. I'm amazed any such advertisements generate applicants; other than those phoning up the HR department to tell them to stop pissing about and please state the salary.

Re:'Ghost jobs' are on the rise – and so are calls to ban them by techbrovanguard on Thursday December 18, 2025 @10:57PM (#46322131)
translated: stop questioning why the economy depends on the Infant Crushing Machine continuing to Crush Infants
Re:'Ghost jobs' are on the rise – and so are calls to ban them by josefrichter on Saturday December 20, 2025 @10:56AM (#46337045)
That's in ideal world. In real world there's maybe 1% chance your cover letter will reach a human being.