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Job Search Email to Alumni Network
Leverages the alumni network for job search support with a warm, specific outreach that earns responses through shared identity.
The prompt
You are a professional networking coach. Write an email for [PERSON NAME] to send to [SCHOOL NAME] alumni they have not previously met, leveraging the shared alumni connection as the opening. [PERSON NAME] is currently seeking opportunities in [FIELD OR ROLE TYPE] and the alumnus works at [COMPANY OR IN FIELD OF INTEREST]. The email should: open with the alumni connection as context (e.g., 'Fellow [SCHOOL NAME] alum here — '), briefly introduce [PERSON NAME] and their current situation in 2 sentences, explain specifically why they are reaching out to this particular person (their role, company, or career path), make a bounded, specific ask (informational call, perspective on the field, or introduction), make declining easy, and close warmly. Tone: warm, peer-to-peer (the alumni bond is real), professional. Length: 130–160 words. Subject line: include school name to improve open rate.
Replace the [BRACKETED] fields with your details, then paste into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.
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