Kai Risdahl

Big, big company, consulting company.

Yeah, Boston Consulting Group.

They stopped requiring cover letters about 10 to 12 years ago in North America.

But nowadays, they're doing more behavioral assessments and personality tests.

And, you know, so they're adding different tests to the hiring process.

We also know that a lot of companies are now asking for verified skills.

And we saw that LinkedIn did.

you know, rolled out this year.

They rolled out their verified skills.

So basically candidates can, you know, take these tests and show their AI skills with different apps.

So I think in this era, employers really want to see your work.

They don't just want to read about it in a resume or a cover letter.

You know, a portfolio, those kinds of things are definitely becoming top of mind for hiring managers.

They want to see you actually do your work.

Right, right.

That's actually super interesting.

This is none of my business, but did you have to write a cover letter to get this job at Business Insider?

I got this job two and a half years ago, so I did have to write a cover letter and I actually spent, I like really worked hard on it.

And I think in journalism too, it's not going away probably because it's such a writing heavy industry.

So no, no luck there for me.