Here’s how to get an AI to write a cover letter for every position you apply to

ChatGPT writes a dang good cover letter.

What is ChatGPT?

ChatGPT is Open A.I.’s newest venture into A.I. product offerings. You might’ve heard of Open A.I. last year when they really started off the boom of Text-To-Image A.I. models with DALL·E 2.

ChatGPT is a conversational approach to the search engine, and it's proving a big hit. ChatGPT gained 1 million users in its first week and has caused Google, the search engine monolith, to consider implementing a more conversational approach to its search engine.

How can I use ChatGPT when applying for jobs?

Simply give ChatGPT a job posting description and ask it to write you a cover letter and resume. Within seconds you’ll get a resume and cover letter tailored just for that specific posting. This allows you to apply to jobs at the level of efficiency you need while still maintaining a level of customization for each posting. I and a lot of my other friends had to apply to about 100 jobs to get our internships, so efficiency is necessary when it comes to applying to jobs these days.

*A quick disclaimer: I do not condone using ChatGPT in your job application. I have never used ChatGPT in a job application and I probably never will. It is unknown how companies view the use of these technologies in your application (although it is easy to assume companies view it negatively) and I would never want to risk getting my application thrown out over it. It still is a valuable exercise and I’ll mention why at the end.

How to use ChatGPT to write a resume and cover letter

Let's go through an example. I will be using a UX posting as my audience is design centered but this can apply to any industry.

I found this random UX job posting on LinkedIn. (If the job posting is down when you are reading this I’ve posted a copy on google docs here) I’ll copy and paste it into ChatGPT and ask for ChatGPT to write me a resume and cover letter.