Arjun Mehta ·
Outreach that gets replies has one thing in common: evidence the sender read the profile
One specific sentence about the candidate's actual work outperforms any amount of enthusiasm about an exciting opportunity. Candidates receive a great many templated messages and have become very good at recognising them in the first line.
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