AI for recruiters

Recruitment is a writing-heavy, communication-heavy profession. Every role means a job description, a brief for the client, sourcing messages to candidates, screening notes, interview prep, and offer communications. AI handles the writing across all of it, leaving you more time to do what actually fills roles: building relationships.

Writing job descriptions

A job description that is vague, dull, or uses too much corporate jargon puts candidates off. AI writes better job descriptions when you give it the details.

Try this in ChatGPT:

Write a job description for a Senior Account Manager role at a B2B SaaS company based in London. The role involves managing an existing portfolio of mid-market clients, identifying upsell opportunities, and working closely with the customer success team. The company values are ambitious, collaborative, and honest. Salary is £65,000 to £75,000 plus commission. We want to attract candidates who are commercially driven and have experience in a subscription-based business. Write it in a way that sounds human and attractive, not like a list of requirements. UK English.

Review the output, adjust any specifics, and you have a proper job description in under two minutes.

Drafting outreach messages for passive candidates

The best candidates are usually not actively looking. Reaching out cold on LinkedIn needs to be compelling without being pushy.

Try in Claude:

Write a short LinkedIn outreach message to a potential candidate for a [job title] role. The candidate works at [type of company] and has [X years] of relevant experience. Our client is a [brief company description]. I want to pique their interest without giving too much away. Keep it personal, brief, and specific. No generic "I came across your profile" opener.

Generate multiple variations and pick the one that fits best. You can create a library of outreach templates for different role types and adapt them quickly.

Screening CVs efficiently

Use AI to help you process a pile of CVs faster. Paste the job requirements and a CV into Claude or ChatGPT and ask for a quick assessment.

Here is the job description: [paste]. Here is a candidate's CV: [paste]. Give me a brief assessment of how well this candidate fits the role. List the three strongest matches and any significant gaps. Keep it concise.

This does not replace your judgement. It gives you a quick first pass that surfaces the most relevant information before you dig deeper.

Writing candidate briefing notes

Before you send a candidate to a client, you write a brief. AI makes this much faster.

Write a candidate summary for a client. The candidate is [brief description from CV]. The key strengths relevant to this role are [list]. They are looking for [their stated preferences]. Availability: [notice period]. Salary expectation: [figure]. Write this as a professional briefing note for a client, approximately 150 words. Present the candidate positively but accurately.

Preparing interview questions

For each role, you need a set of competency-based interview questions. AI generates these quickly and tailors them to the specific role and seniority.

Write ten competency-based interview questions for a Senior Account Manager role in B2B SaaS. Include questions that assess commercial acumen, client relationship management, handling difficult client situations, and approach to forecasting. Include a mix of situational and behavioural question styles.

Managing candidate communication

Use AI to draft the messages that maintain candidate engagement throughout the process: interview confirmations, feedback calls, offer letters, and unfortunately, rejections.

A rejection email that does not damage your reputation:

Write a professional and genuinely kind rejection email to a candidate who made it to final interview for a [role] but was not selected. We want to thank them for their time, let them know the decision was close, encourage them to stay in touch, and leave the door open for future opportunities. Make it feel human, not templated.

Getting started

Start with job descriptions. Pick the next role you need to advertise. Write a brief set of notes about the requirements, paste them in, and use the prompt above. Once you have a template that works for your typical roles, the time saving compounds every time you have a new brief.