LinkedIn recruiter
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Free LinkedIn recruiter message templates for reaching out to candidates. Personalise one and copy it in seconds. No card required.
Recruiter outreach templates you can copy
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Specific, not spray-and-pray
Hi [First name], your experience with [common ground] stood out to me specifically, this isn't a mass message. We're hiring for something it lines up with well. Would you be open to a quick chat, even just to compare notes?
Respect their time
Hi [First name], I know good people get a lot of recruiter messages, so I'll keep this short. Your work in [common ground] is exactly the kind of background we're looking for. Worth a brief conversation?
Passive candidate
Hi [First name], you may not be looking, and that's completely fine. But your background in [common ground] is rare enough that I wanted to reach out properly rather than let it pass. Open to hearing about it?
Candidates can spot a copy-paste recruiter message in a second, and they ignore it just as fast. The messages that earn a reply name something specific about the person's actual experience and make clear this was not sent to a thousand people.
Lead with the candidate, not the job spec. Dropping a full job description into a first message asks the reader to do all the work. A short, specific reason you reached out, plus an easy way to say yes, does far better.
Acknowledge that strong candidates are usually not looking. Giving them an honest out ('you may not be looking, and that's fine') lowers the pressure and, paradoxically, makes a conversation more likely.
Quick tips
- Reference one specific thing from their background. Generic equals deleted.
- Do not paste a full job spec into the first message. Open a conversation.
- Give passive candidates an honest out. It raises reply rates, not lowers them.
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