# Research candidates and draft personal outreach

Find people through their public work and write notes that show you looked.

Profession: Recruiters (https://melete.si/for/recruiters/index.md)

Canonical page: https://melete.si/use-cases/candidate-sourcing-outreach/

## Example request

Find 25 potential candidates for a backend engineer role with payments experience, using public sources such as conference talks, technical blog posts, and public code contributions on GitHub. Record each person in our sourcing sheet in Google Sheets with the source, why they might fit, and their location. Draft a short personal note for each that references their actual work, and wait for my approval before sending anything.

## Workflow

1. Search public sources for people who match the role.
2. Record each candidate with the source and the reason they fit.
3. Draft personal outreach that references their work.

## Result

A sourced shortlist in one sheet and a personal note ready for each person.

## Human review

You approve every message and can remove anyone from the list.

## Collaboration

Share the shortlist with the hiring manager without your outreach drafts.