Cover letters used to mean something

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The mere hassle of writing one helped weed out lackluster job candidates, discouraging those without the adequate skills or enthusiasm from throwing their hats in the ring. 

Just as the job market flooded with freshly-graduated and newly laid-off tech workers, generative AI arrived on the scene. Now, as jobseekers increasingly rely on platforms like ChatGPT to spit out cover letters that tick off all the right keywords, hiring managers must wade through an ever-deepening pool of applications that read more or less alike. 

The shift could be interpreted as leveling the playing field for otherwise strong applicants with less-developed writing skills, or those communicating in their non-native language.

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