Why every draft is read by a person before it reaches you
Software can produce a polished paragraph in seconds. That is exactly why we insist a person reads every piece of work we hand you.
There is a rule inside the practice that surprises some people: every draft, every recommendation, and every piece of research we hand you is read by a person first. No exceptions, no matter how routine the work looks.
It would be faster not to. Modern tools can produce a perfectly fluent cover letter in the time it takes to read this sentence. So why insist on a human read?
Fluent is not the same as right
The danger with automated writing is not that it reads badly. It is that it reads well while being subtly wrong. A cover letter can be grammatically flawless and still claim a skill you do not have, misname the team you are applying to, or strike a tone that would make a hiring manager wince.
Those errors are small on the page and large in their consequences. An application is a first impression you rarely get to repeat. A person who knows you, and knows the role, will catch what a model confidently invents.
Your voice is part of the evidence
Employers are not just reading what you have done. They are reading how you think. When every applicant’s letter starts to sound the same, the ones that sound like an actual person stand out.
When we draft with you, we work in your register. A reviewer checks that the result still sounds like you, not like a template. If you would never say “I am passionate about leveraging synergies”, it does not go out.
Accuracy in your name is non negotiable
Anything that leaves under your name becomes your claim. If it overstates your experience, you will be the one asked about it in interview. So a reviewer checks every factual statement against what you have actually told us: dates, titles, results, and skills.
What the review actually covers
When a person reads a piece of work before it reaches you, they are checking for:
- Truth. Every claim can be backed up by you, in an interview, without hesitation.
- Fit. The work answers what this particular employer is asking for, not a generic version of the role.
- Voice. It reads as you on a good day, not as anyone on any day.
- Judgement. It is the right thing to send at all. Sometimes the best advice is to skip an application entirely.
Where software does help
We are not against technology. Our own platform does a great deal of the heavy lifting: research, organisation, first drafts, and a complete record of every action. That frees people in the practice to spend their time on judgement rather than admin.
The principle is simple. Intelligence can make us faster. Only people can make us accountable. So the final read is always human, and the final decision is always yours.