I posted on these automated response programs recently. Well, I just received a different promo email for a more “automated” program:
For the first time, there’s a service that finds 100’s of perfectly matched, available jobs & instantly applies to them FOR YOU, every day. It’s called __________ and it automatically: searches all the top career sites at once, finds all new jobs matching your criteria, applies with your resume to matching jobs, personalizes your cover letter for each application & provides a history report of jobs you’ve been applied to.
Keyword-driven connections – both in the ad and the resume hunt – lead to, well, candidate spam. At times I wonder if the attempt to automate resume submissions and applicant tracking systems dilutes the entire process.
I know it does for sales. We need to see the applicant’s approach, listen to his or her abilities and observe how they handle pressure. None of these tasks can be easily accomplished with an automated approach process.