Technology has come a long way. Instead of applicants showing up in person in your office, they send their resumes via email. Instead of looking for jobs in newspaper ads, people are most likely to check job platforms.

Many hiring and application strategies have changed in this digital and data-driven world. Some are even nonexistent, like faxing your resumes. However, there are some outdated methods that people still use to this day, even when they don't make any sense.

Here are some old-school hiring strategies that you need to stop doing now.

The purpose of cover letters is for candidates to introduce themselves to the hiring manager. In this information age, a quick Google search or a quick view of someone's LinkedIn profile can tell you just as much as a cover letter.

Nowadays, only 38% of applicants submit a cover letter, even when the job post requires it — and that number will continue to go down. If you make the cover letter section required in your web form, then a lot of potential applicants will probably just choose not to apply and close the window. And with the advent of ChatGPT, most cover letters will not even accurately reflect applicants' own personalities and writing........

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