Upwork Proposal Automation: Do AI Tools Write Winning Cover Letters?
Introduction:
Ever wondered how you can boost your productivity on Upwork? Here is a great guide for you to write better Upwork proposals. Today we’ll discover the pros and cons of using AI tools in writing job proposals. stay with us to learn whether you truly need AI in writing job proposals or not.
AI Generated Upwork Proposals vs Self-Generated
Nowadays many freelancers use ChatGPT and other popular AI tools to gain success with automated proposals. Does this really work and do you need to use an AI tool to stand out? First of all, let’s understand what AI does for your proposals.
Before submitting to a job you can switch on to an AI tool which will analyze the job description, take the keywords and focus on what the client is looking for. Then it will generate a professionally-written cover letter which includes valuable information according to the keywords you provide.
However, it doesn’t always provide a perfect cover letter to copy and paste in your proposal. As a human, you understand that your communication with the client is not supposed to have a robotic nature. Therefore, professional freelancers know how to use AI tools to benefit from them.
They allow it to generate a message but they do spend some time to edit and improve it that way so that it could be perfectly corresponding to what the client wants to see. Besides the plain text, there are some other details to consider, such as work examples, attachments, highlights and of course a human touch that’s so important for the client. As a result, they create a well-organized, neat and professional cover letter that wins them a job.
To understand how AI and self-generated content differ, we offer you to take a look at the pros and cons listed below.
AI Generated Cover Letters
Pros
Saves you time: you give it the task, it analyzes what you need and provides you with a text in a couple of minutes.
Provides neat content: although you may type quickly, you can't always avoid typos which requires additional effort to proofread the text. Artificial intelligence is able to provide well-composed, grammatically correct content without spelling mistakes.
Improved language skills: this is great especially for non-natives. Even if you write your cover letters yourself, AI can polish, edit, and improve it.
More targeted proposals: AI has the ability to analyze the text and generate a more targeted proposal based on the keywords it collects from the job description.
Cons
Lack of creativity: compared to human-written texts, AI generated content looks a bit dull and non-creative. A human is able to think out of the box, add more creativity and uniqueness to whatever he does and that’s how human-written texts differ from AI generated content.
Lack of human touch: Although AI can automate a lot of different tasks to make processes more efficient, it is not able to replace the personal touch that comes with human interaction. This includes the uniqueness of human nature, emotionalism, and understanding.
Technical limitations: limited understanding of nuances and details. The most important thing in job proposals is attention to details. Unlike AI, a human being is able to notice hidden lines and the psychology of the client through their job announcement.
Off-topic ideas: in some cases AI includes ideas that have nothing to do with the core ideas, requirements and information found in the job announcement. That’s why it’s essential to check an AI generated cover letter before sending it to a client.
Human Written Cover Letters
Pros
Emotional touch: again we come to the point where the human touch has an advantage over AI. The friendly tone, personal handwriting, and opportunity to grab attention through personalized messages or emotional touches can make your cover letter unique.
Smarter suggestions: based on the client’s expectations and desires, a freelancer can suggest supporting ideas for the project. This is what most clients look for in a freelancer. It’s a great hack to grab attention and make the client stick around your profile.
Stays on track: attention to details. If you are serious enough to win the job, you’ll definitely stay on track and talk only about things that directly relate to the job.
Cons
Takes you time: of course we live in a world where everyone is in a hurry. That’s why we are looking for tools that can save us time and effort. Writing a cover letter from scratch is time-consuming.
Poorly written content: self-generated cover letters can look non-professional, sometimes with typos, especially if you don't have writing or language skills.
Repetitive cover letters: this doesn’t mean you copy and paste your job proposals. But if you take a quick glance at your previous proposals you may see a lot of similarities in your choice of words and phrases. AI may offer a text that differs from how you build your texts. In many cases it offers better constructions and sentence structure.
Thus, we come to the conclusion that the combination of both AI and human can provide you with an awesome cover letter that will easily win you a job. You can use AI tools to write precise and professional-looking cover letters, but adding your personal touch and creativity can improve and make it an outstanding proposal. Always keep in mind that clients are looking for a human who is friendly in chat and professional in their work-style.
Final Words
Check the video below to learn more about AI tools on Upwork. Adam Palmer offers an AI tool that’s a mix between Trello/RSS/ and Open AI.