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Write a speculative application to a company that isn't advertising
You'd love to work there but there's no vacancy. Get a short, specific email that makes it easy for the right person to say 'let's talk'.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me write a speculative job application. The company: [name, what they do] Why I want to work there: [something specific] Who I'll write to: [name and role if I know it] What I could do for them: [skills, experience, a problem I could help with] The kind of role I'd like: [e.g. junior designer, any office role] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. Three subject lines. 2. An email under 150 words: why them, what I'd bring, one specific idea or result, and a small ask (a 15-minute chat). 3. A polite follow-up for 10 days later. 4. Which 3 things to put at the top of my CV for this company. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, dates or results. UK English. For the company's recent news and who leads the team I'd join, use web search and name the page you used. If it doesn't search on its own, open View all tools and choose Search. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. name, what they do: a short note you already have. something specific: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
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