Job seeking AI prompts

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Self-pitch to recruiters and hiring managers

I'm {{your_name}}, a {{your_background}} — either applying for roles or offering {{service_if_freelance}}. Pull my Hunter list {{list_name_or_url}} — recruiters, hiring managers, or companies to reach. For each, name the exact role or opportunity and where I found it, establish credibility with one quantified achievement or a specific compliment about them, and make a soft, deferential ask to talk — attaching or linking proof ([[resume_or_portfolio]]) rather than pasting it. Draft a 2-touch sequence.

Verify addresses, then set it up in Hunter for my review.

Grounded in Hunter's to-recruiter templates (8, applicant and freelancer self-pitches): name the role + source → credibility → "I'd love to schedule a call." Real lines: "Hope you don't mind me reaching out to you directly.", "Shall we connect?", subject "[[your name]] – Director of Marketing."

Ensure the copy is real, human, and avoids any AI tell-tale signs, including em-dashes, staccato sentences, and unnatural language like: carry, shipped, ask etc.

Recommendation-letter request sequence

I'm {{your_name}}, applying to {{program_or_role}} at {{institution_or_company}}, due {{deadline}}.

Pull my Hunter list {{list_name_or_url}} — former managers or professors who could write a letter. For each, open by recalling our specific shared history and its impact on my path, make the ask with materials offered, and give the deadline and submission link — always with an explicit face-saving out. Put my name in the subject, since they may not have me saved. Sequence it as request → deadline follow-up → thank-you.

Verify addresses, then set it up in Hunter for my review.

Grounded in Hunter's recommendation templates: recall shared history → ask + offer materials → deadline + link + opt-out. Real lines: "I took your [[course name]] in [[semester/year]]…", "Would this be possible for you?", subject "Recommendation request, deadline [[date]]."

Ensure the copy is real, human, and avoids any AI tell-tale signs, including em-dashes, staccato sentences, and unnatural language like: carry, shipped, ask etc.

Reference-request sequence

I'm {{your_name}}, applying for {{role_type}} roles.

Pull my Hunter list {{list_name_or_url}} — former managers and colleagues I'd ask to be references. For each, open warmly by naming our specific shared work ([[specific project]]), make the ask, promise to prep them and that there'll be no surprise calls, and close on a soft permission question. Build the natural sequence the templates already form: the ask, a gentle follow-up for non-responders, a prep brief once they agree, and a thank-you after. One ask per email, always an easy out.

Verify addresses, then set it up in Hunter for my review.

Grounded in Hunter's reference-request templates: warm opener → tie to a shared project → offer to prep + no surprise calls → "Would you be comfortable with that?" The six templates form a ready-made ask → follow-up → prep → thank-you sequence.

Ensure the copy is real, human, and avoids any AI tell-tale signs, including em-dashes, staccato sentences, and unnatural language like: carry, shipped, ask etc.

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