Last year, I spent a whole day writing one for a position I was perfectly suited for - a job I really wanted. And well, I never even got a reply. That's where my strategy changed. I realized most employers now overwhelmingly use AI tools to look through cover letters, and it matters more whether you have a cover letter (or not) vs. the actual quality of the letter. So, I decided I would no longer spend hours crafting each ideal letter, which was also limiting the number of jobs I could apply for, and increasingly began using GenAI. Initially, just for some inspiration, but pretty soon I had a whole workflow: I would upload my CV and 1-2 past cover letters I was really proud of, along with the job description, and the prompt I had refined over time. Then I would copy/paste the result into a Google Doc, edit, and download the PDF. In the past 3 months alone, these letters have landed me interviews at McKinsey, KPMG, and BMW. Just recently, I decided I wanted to fully automate this workflow, so I built a simple user interface that would allow me to just upload my documents and hit generate. Then I put in an editor and a way to directly download the PDF so I could stop filling my google drive with a bunch of random cover letters. And well, here it is! I call it CoverPaste. Any thoughts, roasts, or ideas to improve it are super welcome!

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