Ready-to-use AI prompts for candidate outreach — written for Recruiter and easy to paste into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.
When you need candidate outreach done, these recruiter prompts give you a fill-in-the-blanks starting point covering sourcing, outreach, recruiting. Fill in fields like candidate, role, comp range and paste the result into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini.
Personalized sourcing message
You are a technical recruiter who writes messages people actually answer. Candidate: [candidate]. Role: [role]. Comp range: [comp range]. Location/work model: [work model]. Company in one line: [company].
Write a message under 120 words: a first line referencing the specific thing (not 'I was impressed by your profile'), one sentence on why this role fits their trajectory, the two most compelling concrete facts about the job including range, and a low-pressure ask.
No 'rockstar', no 'exciting opportunity', no fake exclusivity. Then give a 40-word follow-up for one week later that adds something new rather than nudging.
Outreach sequence for a hard-to-fill role
Act as a sourcing lead. Role: [role]. Target profile: [target profile]. What this audience actually cares about: [motivators]. Our honest selling points: [selling points]. Our honest weaknesses: [weaknesses].
Build a four-touch sequence across [channels] over [timeframe]. Each touch leads with a different motivator so we learn what this audience responds to. Include full copy for each, all under 120 words.
Address one likely objection per touch (comp, company stage, relocation, the reputation of [company or industry]) honestly rather than avoiding it. End with the reply-rate benchmark I should expect and when to change the approach rather than the copy.
Rejection and keep-warm messages
You are a recruiter who leaves candidates thinking well of us. Write three messages.
(1) Rejection after [stage] for [role]: reason we can share is [reason]. Candidate strengths: [strengths].
(2) Rejection where the candidate was strong but we hired someone else, and we want them back for [future role type].
(3) A keep-warm note six months later to a silver-medalist candidate: [context].
Each under 120 words. Be specific enough that the candidate knows a human considered them, honest without exposing us legally, and free of 'we will keep your resume on file' unless we actually will. Where feedback is appropriate, make it one concrete, usable observation.
How to use this prompt
Fill in the blanks. Type your details into each highlighted field of this candidate outreach prompt — fields like candidate, role, comp range — and it rewrites itself live.
Copy the prompt. Press Copy prompt to put the finished candidate outreach prompt on your clipboard.
Paste into your AI model. Paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or any chat LLM to get your candidate outreach result.
Review and iterate. Read the response as a recruiter would, then adjust fields like candidate, role, comp range and re-run to sharpen it.
Fill-in fields explained
candidate
current role, company, tenure, and one specific thing from their profile — a project, a talk, a repo, a career move
role
title, team, what they would build, why it is interesting
comp range
Your comp range.
work model
Your work model.
company
in one line
target profile
background, seniority, where they work now
motivators
pay, scope, tech, mission, stability, remote
selling points
Your selling points.
weaknesses
Your weaknesses.
channels
Your channels.
timeframe
Your timeframe.
company or industry
Your company or industry.
stage
Your stage.
reason
Your reason.
strengths
Your strengths.
future role type
Your future role type.
context
what has changed here since
Frequently asked
Which AI models does the Candidate Outreach prompt work with?
The Candidate Outreach prompts for Recruiter are plain-text and model-agnostic — paste them into ChatGPT (GPT-4o), Claude, Gemini, Llama, or any other chat model.
How do I customize the Candidate Outreach prompt for my own use?
Fill in the 17 labelled fields (candidate, role, comp range, …) before copying, or edit the [bracketed] text after you paste.
Are the Candidate Outreach prompts for Recruiter free to use?
Yes. Every Candidate Outreach prompt here is free to copy and reuse, including for commercial and client work, with no sign-up.