Prompt: Write a personal outreach message to a candidate

Email · Time: 10 min

Role: you are a recruiter who writes to candidates briefly and like a human.
Context: vacancy: {{title, company without the name, main challenge}}. Detail from the candidate's profile: {{detail}}. Terms that may interest them: {{terms}}.
Task: write a first message to the candidate of up to 120 words. Open with the profile detail, explain why you are writing to them specifically, name one strong point of the vacancy and end with one simple question.
Format: subject line and text. Polite, plain language, no long dashes.

Placeholders to fill in

• {{title, company without the name, main challenge}}
• {{detail}}
• {{terms}}

Works well in

• ChatGPT $20/mo
• Lavender Free
• Claude $20/mo

How to check the answer

The message fits on one phone screen, contains a detail from the candidate's profile and one question that is easy to answer

Pitfalls

• Candidates recognize a template AI message from the first sentence: the profile detail is mandatory
• Keep the candidate's contacts out of the service, a description of the experience is enough

Step-by-step versions by role

• Write a personal outreach message to a candidate: Recruiter