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As of 13 August 2026, AI can write a message to a recruiter.

Most people should do this themselves; the prompt is on this page.

Can you do it?

5 minutesto a draft.

15 minutesto something you’d act on.

Cost, all in£0

Skill needednone

Who has to check ityou

What the alternative costsA purpose-built alternative is Grammarly, an AI writing assistant for grammar, tone and rewrites wherever you type.

If this goes wrong: the message sounds generic or contains an overstated claim, and you can correct it before sending or choose not to send it.

What to actually do

  1. Do it yourself

    The route this page recommends

    A chat interface, no skill needed, and roughly 15 minutes until you can act on the result.

    How to actually do it

    1. Open the job advert and copy the exact role title, employer name and the requirements that match your experience.
    2. Open your CV and gather two or three accurate examples that support those requirements, including results only where your CV records them.
    3. Decide whether you are contacting the recruiter by email or LinkedIn, and write one genuine reason for contacting them.
    4. Paste the prompt and replace every bracketed slot with the job, recruiter, experience and contact details you have gathered.
    5. Ask the chatbot for the draft and its separate list of factual statements to check.
    6. Compare the draft against your CV and the job advert, remove any claim you cannot defend, and change wording that does not sound like you.
    7. Check the recruiter’s name, employer, role title, links and contact address, then send the final message through the chosen channel.

    Prompt

    Write a concise message to a UK recruiter about the role below. Use only the facts I provide and do not invent achievements, qualifications, availability, salary expectations or knowledge of the company. Make it sound like a normal person, not a sales pitch. Mention the specific role, connect one or two of my relevant experiences to it, explain why I am contacting this recruiter, and end with a clear but low-pressure next step. Give me a subject line if this is for email, or omit it if this is for LinkedIn. Keep it to [100 to 150 words / a shorter LinkedIn message]. Use British English. After the draft, list any factual statements I must check before sending.

Contact method: [email or LinkedIn]
Recruiter name: [name, or say 'unknown']
Role title and employer: [role and employer]
Job advert or role summary: [paste the advert or summary]
Why I am interested: [your genuine reason]
My relevant experience and evidence: [paste accurate CV points or write them here]
My current situation and availability: [optional, accurate details]
Call to action: [for example, ask whether the recruiter would be open to a short conversation]

    Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.

  2. Use a tool built for this

    Second choice

  3. Hand it to a person

    The distant third

    A person who owns the outcome does this end to end, worth it when the failure is dear.

What it gets wrong

  • AI cannot know whether your reason for contacting this recruiter is genuine unless you provide it.
  • AI cannot judge how direct or informal this particular recruiter expects you to be.
  • AI defaults to generic enthusiasm when the job advert and your experience are not specific enough.
  • AI can make a true experience sound stronger than you can defend in an interview, so the final wording remains yours to approve.

Even on a YES, the friction has a name: taste and context depth.

How we scored this

Five axes, each scored nought to two by hand: ten means AI carries the task cleanly, and the thresholds that turn a total into YES, PARTLY or NO are published in the methodology. Each axis name links to its definition.

AxisScore (0–2)
Output2
Inputs2
Verification2
Liability2
Effort delta2
Total10 / 10

The methodology and its thresholds are published in full.

FAQ

Can ChatGPT write a message to a recruiter?
Yes. Give it the job advert, your relevant experience and your genuine reason for contacting the recruiter, then check every factual claim before sending.
What should I say to a recruiter in a message?
Name the role, explain the relevant evidence from your experience and say why you are contacting that recruiter. End with a simple next step, such as asking whether they would be open to a short conversation.
Can AI make my recruiter message sound less generic?
It can make the structure and wording more specific when you provide details from the advert and your own experience. It cannot supply a genuine reason for your interest, so that part has to come from you.
Should I tell a recruiter that AI wrote my message?
You do not need to announce that you used a writing tool, but you should edit the result until it reflects your own experience and voice. Do not send invented achievements, exaggerated claims or wording you could not explain in an interview.

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Assessed by gpt-5.6-luna (gpt-5.6-luna) on 2026-08-13, second-checked by an independent model. Wrong somewhere? Email [email protected] and it gets re-checked.

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