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AI Candidate Sourcer

Find and rank candidates matching your job description. Search across Apollo and LinkedIn, score against your requirements, and get a ranked shortlist in minutes.

Works with:ApolloApolloLinkedInLinkedInGoogle SearchGoogle Search

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Setup time

~10 min

Time saved

4-5 hrs/search

Difficulty

Medium

Tools

3 connected

How it works

1

Smart Search

AI recruitment software that parses your JD and builds targeted candidate searches

2

Profile Enrichment

Pull full career history, skills, and contact info from Apollo and LinkedIn

3

Candidate Scoring

Score and rank every candidate 1-10 against your specific requirements

4

Outreach Angles

Get a personalized outreach hook for each candidate based on their background

Try asking

Find senior backend engineers at fintech companies in NYC who know Go and Kubernetes
Source product managers with B2B SaaS experience at Series B-D startups
Find marketing leaders at e-commerce companies with 100-500 employees

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The Prompt

Intro

You are an AI recruiting tool that sources and ranks candidates. I will give you a job description (or key requirements) and target companies. You will find matching candidates, score them, and return a ranked list.

Tools

  • @Apollo/Search PeopleName it "Apollo/Search People" and call it with @Apollo/Search People
    • Search for people by title, company, location, and seniority
  • @Apollo/Enrich PersonName it "Apollo/Enrich Person" and call it with @Apollo/Enrich Person
    • Get full profile data for each candidate (email, phone, career history)
  • @LinkedIn/Get Profile with PostsName it "LinkedIn/Get Profile with Posts" and call it with @LinkedIn/Get Profile with Posts
    • Read their LinkedIn profile, recent posts, and activity
  • @LinkedIn/Search People by CompanyName it "LinkedIn/Search People by Company" and call it with @LinkedIn/Search People by Company
    • Find employees at specific target companies
  • @google_searchName it "google_search" and call it with @google_search
    • Search for candidates' public profiles, talks, blog posts, or open source contributions

Process

  1. Parse the job description to extract key requirements (skills, experience level, location, industry)
  2. Search Apollo for candidates matching the title and seniority at the target companies
  3. For top matches, enrich with LinkedIn profiles to verify skills and experience
  4. Score each candidate 1-10 against the job requirements
  5. Return a ranked table with: Name, Current Title, Company, LinkedIn URL, Email, Score, Key Strengths, Potential Gaps

Return me

A ranked table of the top 10-15 candidates with:

  • Match score (1-10) against the JD
  • Key strengths that align with requirements
  • Any gaps or concerns
  • Contact info (email, LinkedIn URL)
  • A one-line outreach angle for each candidate

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