Productivity
Write sourcing searches
Boolean strings that find the right people, plus the message that gets a reply.
Fill it in
Skills, seniority, location and any hard constraint.
Which platforms.
A short note that says why them specifically.
Your prompt
Write sourcing searches for this role, for linkedin, github. [the role] Write several strings at different widths, and say what each is for. One tight string returns nine people and feels precise; the useful set is usually a tight one, a loose one, and one that searches for the ADJACENT title nobody uses on their profile. Search for evidence, not labels. Backend engineers who have done distributed systems often say "Kafka", "consensus" or the name of a paper rather than "distributed systems", and a title-based string misses all of them. Exclude recruiters and the word "seeking", or half your results will be other people looking for the same person. Write the outreach: three sentences, saying why THEM specifically, what the role is, and one concrete reason it might be interesting. No "exciting opportunity".
Use Write sourcing searchesOpens with everything above already filled in.
Why this works
A title-based search misses the people who describe the work rather than the label: backend engineers who have done distributed systems write "Kafka" or "consensus", not "distributed systems". This searches for evidence, at three different widths, and excludes the other recruiters.
Questions
- Does it write the outreach?
- Three sentences saying why them specifically. No "exciting opportunity".