Cover Letter
24 Collaborating With Generative AI On Your Cover Letter
Why AI Can’t Just Write Your Cover Letter for You
While generative AI is very helpful in the drafting stage, generative AI simply lacks the ability to personalize your writing. Cover letters written by generative AI tend to display the same tone. While professional, they do not reveal the writer’s personality. Think back on the cover letters you examined that are included in this book. The best cover letters have something unique about them that the other letters do not have. This uniqueness helps you stand apart from the other cover letters that the company receives. Most often, this little bit of personality is what will draw the company to you and cause them to reach out to request an interview.
Further, generative AI is not you. It has not lived your life nor had your experiences. These experiences are what make us unique. Personal stories go a long way in cover letters, and generative AI simply does not know your stories, nor will it be able to present them as well as you can.
Cover letters written with generative AI tend to lack authentic enthusiasm. Again, being authentic and genuinely excited about an opportunity is key to a strong cover letter. Currently, generative AI is simply unable to display human enthusiasm in a genuine way.
Generative AI should not write your cover letter for the same reasons that having a cover letter is important. A cover letter gives you the opportunity to “talk” directly to the employer and tell them about yourself and why you think this job is a good fit for you. A cover letter written by generative AI is not authentic and personal. Cover letters that stand out and make an impression on potential employers are not generic and contain something extra that draws the reader to you.
How You Can Collaborate with Generative AI On Your Cover Letter
Generative AI is a helpful tool for professional writing. It can help with brainstorming, drafting, organizing content, checking for errors, and giving suggestions for improvement.
Activity: Collaborate with Generative AI on Your Cover Letter
- Ask generative AI to list important things to include in a cover letter in your profession.
- Copy and paste your resume along with the job posting into generative AI and ask it to draft a cover letter for you. Review what it has written. What do you like about it? What could be improved?
- Compare the draft of the cover letter you wrote with the one generative AI wrote for you. How are they similar? How are they different?
- Once you have a solid draft you like of your cover letter ask generative AI to review it and offer suggestions for improvement.
- Ask generative AI to review your cover letter for each of 5 C’s of communication. Is your cover letter clear, complete, concise, concrete, and correct?
Source:
Business Writing Scenarios (2016) Ramsey