Recruiter outreach email
Recruiters and talent sourcers
Write to a specific person for a specific reason. The job description stays out of this email. If they want it, the button asks you to send the role, the range, and the manager.
Subject. A role, if the timing is right
Hi — I am hiring a senior account executive and I am writing because of work you have already shipped, not because you applied.
I will not paste the job description here. If you want it, I will send the role, the range, and who you would report to. If you are not looking, that is a complete answer.
Open to hearing about a role?
- Send the role
- Not looking
- Maybe later
In Gmail these are buttons. The recipient clicks one. The answer comes back to the thread. They do not install anything.
Before you send. Change the role. The second sentence has to be true of that person. If you cannot say what work you mean, you do not have a reason to email them.
Why this gets more replies
People who are not job hunting will not write a paragraph to a recruiter. They will click not looking, which is a real signal, or maybe later, which is a date you can keep. A job description in the first email asks them to evaluate an offer they did not request.
FAQ
Do I include the salary?
Not in this email. Include the range in the note you send after they click Send the role. Hiding it then is how you waste the click.
What do I do with Maybe later?
Ask when, once, or pick a quarter and tell them you will write then. Do not add them to a weekly drip.
Free for 50 sends a month. The other person does not install anything.