Auto Apply
Customizing your applications
What to check in a batch, and where the review time is best spent.
Every match can be edited before it is approved. You will not want to edit everything (the point is to save time), so it helps to know where review actually pays off.
What you can change
- Resume: the tailored version prepared for this posting, editable before it goes.
- Cover letter: edit the generated one, rewrite it, or remove it where it is not required.
- Contact details: worth confirming once, especially after a phone number or address change.
- Application method: some listings support a quick apply, others hand off to an external form.
Where review time pays off
Reviewing every field of every match defeats the purpose. Spend the time where a mistake would actually cost you.
- Is this role actually right? The cheapest edit is rejecting a match you would not accept an offer from.
- Does the resume's opening match the posting? The top third is what gets read.
- Does the cover letter name the right company? Generated letters are good, and a wrong company name is fatal.
- Anything unusual in the posting (a specific certification, a portfolio link, a required question) that the tailored materials do not address.
A practical rhythm
Most people settle into sorting the batch first and editing second. Reject the wrong roles quickly, approve the clear fits with light review, and spend real time only on the handful you actively want. A batch of twenty usually contains three worth writing for.
If you are editing nearly every match, your filters are too loose. If you are rejecting almost nothing, they may be too tight and you are not seeing enough. Either way the batch is telling you something about your preferences.