Recruiter / HR skill · outreach-message
Candidate outreach message
What it does
Writes a personalised, honest outreach message to a potential candidate based on their public profile and the role, plus a short follow-up. Use it when approaching passive candidates.
- Time saved
- ~5–10 min per candidate (estimate)
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Version
- v1 · 2026-10-01
What you give it
- What's relevant in their public profile — e.g. Backend engineer; wrote a blog post about event-driven order processing.
- Role and why it's interesting — e.g. Backend Engineer building order management; hybrid; small team.
How it works
- Open with something specific and job-related from their profile.
- Explain the role in one or two concrete lines.
- Make a low-pressure ask (a short chat).
- Don't exaggerate the role or promise anything not stated.
Output
Message (≤ 100 words: why them, why this role, a low-pressure ask) · Follow-up (≤ 50 words) · Subject line for email.
Quality checklist
- ☑ Specific, job-related hook
- ☑ ≤ 100 words
- ☑ No overpromising
Human check: Respect candidates' privacy and opt-outs; check the details you reference are public and accurate.
Example (fictional)
- What's relevant in their public profile: Wrote a blog post about event-driven order processing
- Role and why it's interesting: Backend Engineer on order management; hybrid; small team
Message: "Hi Alex — your post on event-driven order processing is close to what our team builds every day. We're a small team working on order management and hiring a Backend Engineer (hybrid). Open to a 15-minute chat?"
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## Instructions
1. Open with something specific and job-related from their profile.
2. Explain the role in one or two concrete lines.
3. Make a low-pressure ask (a short chat).
4. Don't exaggerate the role or promise anything not stated.
## Output format
**Message** (≤ 100 words: why them, why this role, a low-pressure ask) · **Follow-up** (≤ 50 words) · **Subject line** for email.
## Before you answer, check
- Specific, job-related hook
- ≤ 100 words
- No overpromising
If something important is missing from my inputs, say what you assumed. Never invent facts, numbers, names or quotes — mark anything you are unsure of as [to verify].
## My inputs
What's relevant in their public profile:
{{profile}}
Role and why it's interesting:
{{role}}