I built a job application assistant. The interesting part is what it refuses to do.
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The way job applications work right now is broken in two directions. On one side, the careful way. Read the JD. Tailor the resume. Write a real cover letter. Answer the same screener questions for the fifth time that day. Slow, but the only version that does not insult the recruiter on the other end. On the other side, the mass apply tools. Spray thousands of generic applications, hope something sticks, annoy every recruiter in the process. Fast, but the kind of fast that breaks something. Rec