Write recruiting outreach messages that candidates reply to
Short, personalized first-touch messages to passive candidates, with subject lines and versions for InMail, email, and text.
The prompt
Write first-touch outreach messages to a passive candidate.
Role: [TITLE, LEVEL, TEAM]
Why this role is worth a look: [2-3 real selling points - e.g. scope, team, mission, pay range, flexibility]
Pay range (if I can share it): [RANGE or "not sharing yet"]
Candidate's profile: [paste key details - current role, projects, posts, skills]
Channel: [LinkedIn InMail / email / text]
My voice: [e.g. "casual and direct", "warm and professional"]
Rules:
- Open with something specific about the candidate, not about our company.
- Connect their background to one concrete problem this role solves.
- Under 100 words for InMail and email, under 40 for text.
- One low-pressure ask (e.g. a 15-minute call, or "Is the timing wrong? Happy to check back later").
- No hype words ("amazing opportunity", "rockstar", "fast-paced"), no fake urgency, no claims I haven't given you - use [ADD DETAIL] where something is missing.
Return:
1. 3 subject lines (for InMail and email).
2. Two message versions: one leading with the work, one leading with career growth.
3. A note on which personalization detail is strongest and why.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- TITLE, LEVEL, TEAM
- RANGE or "not sharing yet"
- paste key details - current role, projects, posts, skills
- LinkedIn InMail / email / text
- e.g. "casual and direct", "warm and professional"
- ADD DETAIL
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the Few-Shot structure (Few-shot prompting). A few-shot prompt includes one or more worked examples of the input and the output you want, so the model can copy the pattern instead of guessing it.
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