The prompt
Score 10 of 10, Excellent
Use it when You are looking for work and want a realistic weekly routine with targets, so the search does not become endless applying.
- {{weeks}}
- {{target_roles}}
- {{situation}}
- {{hours}}
- {{background}}
- {{progress_so_far}}
Full prompt and why it works
Prompt
Build me a job search plan for the next {{weeks}} weeks, with a weekly routine I can keep up. I am looking for {{target_roles}}. I want to spend my time on what most often leads to interviews, which is usually networking and tailored applications rather than mass applying. My situation: {{situation}} Hours per week I can spend on the search: {{hours}} My background and strengths, briefly: """ {{background}} """ What I have done so far and what has happened (applications, responses, interviews, contacts): """ {{progress_so_far}} """ Produce: 1. A weekly routine as a table with the columns Activity, Time per week, Weekly target, covering tailored applications, networking messages, follow-ups, interview practice and skill building. The total must fit my hours. 2. A plan for the first four weeks, with one focus per week (for example, week 1: target list and resume; week 2: networking) and three to five tasks each. 3. A tracker layout with the columns Company, Role, Date, Contact, Stage, Next step, Next step date. 4. What to change if it is not working: three signs to watch for after four weeks, such as many applications and no responses, and what to adjust for each. Keep it under 500 words. Base targets on my hours, not on ideal numbers. For example, a weekly target with the right shape: "5 tailored applications, each with a message to someone at the company." Do not recommend paid services, and do not invent job boards, companies or contacts; where I need a list of target companies, give me the criteria to build one. If my target roles are too broad to plan around, ask me to narrow them to two or three, and draft the plan for the most likely set, saying which you chose. If my notes show a pattern, such as interviews but no offers, make that the focus of week 1.
Variables
- {{weeks}}
- For example "8" or "12".
- {{target_roles}}
- The jobs you want, for example "HR coordinator or recruiting coordinator roles in Chicago".
- {{situation}}
- For example "employed and searching quietly" or "laid off last month, severance until March".
- {{hours}}
- Realistic hours per week, for example "10".
- {{background}}
- A short summary of your experience and strengths.
- {{progress_so_far}}
- Applications sent, responses, interviews and contacts so far, or "just starting".
Why it works
- Length. Every target is sized to the hours you have, so the routine survives the second week.
- What to avoid. It does not invent companies, contacts or job boards; it gives you criteria to build your own target list.
- If unsure. A pattern in your results, such as interviews but no offers, becomes the first week's focus instead of more of the same.