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Turn down a job that isn't right for you, and refer it on

The job is too small, too big, outside your area or just not your thing. Say no in a way that helps the customer and builds goodwill with whoever you send it to.

Updated 17 Oct 2026

The prompt · ChatGPT

Help me turn down a job and refer it on.

The job: [details]
Why it's not for me: [e.g. too small, outside my area]
Who I'd refer to: [name or type of business, or none]
The work I'd love from this customer instead: [details]

Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers.

Then:
1. A kind, short no with the reason.
2. A referral line, or where else to look if I have no one.
3. A short note to the business I'm referring to.
4. A line inviting them back for the work I do want.

Use only what I've given you, leave blanks for any price or fact I haven't given, and don't invent anything. UK English.

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. details: a short note you already have. e.g. too small, outside my area: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.

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