Video 1: I Let Claude Run My Job Search for a Week

[Audio] I Let C laude R un M y Job S earch for a W eek H ere's w hat broke. C laude + Indeed + G m ail I gave C laude m y C V , a connector to Indeed and access to m y G m ail. Then I told it to find senior Java and A ngular jobs and w rite the applications for m e. I didn't touch a job board once. It w orked better than I expected in som e places, and in others it fell apart. I'll show you all of it..

[Audio] The result 42 I w ould actually send offers found on Indeed 14 drafts w ritten in G m ail 6 H ere's the result. C laude found 42 offers on Indeed. A fter filtering, 14 w ere left, and it w rote a draft for each one. O f those 14, I'd send six as they are. The rest needed w ork, and a few w ere bad enough that I'd have been em barrassed. I'll go through the setup first, then w hat broke, then w hat fixed it..

[Audio] W hat you need C laude w ith connectors turned on The Indeed connector The G m ail connector Y our C V as a P D F A few lines of custom instructions H ere's w hat you need. C laude w ith connectors turned on. The Indeed connector. The G m ail connector. Y our C V as a P D F, because C laude w ill read it to w rite each application. A nd a few lines of custom instructions, w hich you'll see at the end and find in the description. N othing else..

[Audio] The setup, in six steps 1 2 3 C onnect Indeed C onnect G m ail Turn both on in the chat 4 5 6 G ive C laude real context S earch through Indeed G m ail drafts, I press send The w hole thing is six steps. C onnect Indeed. C onnect G m ail. Turn both on inside the chat. G ive C laude real context. R un the search. Then read the drafts and send the ones you like. The first three steps are setup and take a few m inutes, once. The last three are w hat you repeat every tim e..

[Audio] S tep 1: find Indeed in C onnectors C onnectors Indeed O pen C laude's settings G o to C onnectors Find Indeed in the list C lick C onnect C onnect S earch and read job offers G m ail C onnect R ead m ail, create drafts G oogle D rive C onnect R ead and search files S tep one, connect Indeed. O pen C laude's settings and look for the connectors section. Y ou'll see a list of apps. Find Indeed and click C onnect. If you can't find it, check the nam e again, because m enus change a little from one version to the next..

[Audio] S tep 1: sign in and accept Indeed w ants to connect to C laude It w ill be able to: S earch job offers R ead job details A llow C ancel R ead w hat it asks for, then accept. C laude sends you to Indeed to sign in. Then com es a screen listing w hat C laude w ill be allow ed to do. For Indeed it's searching job offers and reading their details, w hich is w hat w e w ant. A ccept, and you land back in C laude w ith Indeed connected. A bout a m inute, start to finish..

[Audio] S tep 2: connect G m ail C onnectors Indeed S tay in C onnectors Find G m ail in the list C lick C onnect P ick your G oogle account C onnected S earch and read job offers G m ail C onnect R ead m ail, create drafts G oogle D rive C onnect R ead and search files S tep tw o, G m ail. S am e screen, sam e idea. Find G m ail in the list, click C onnect, and choose the G oogle account you w ant to use. U se the account w here your recruiters w ill actually reach you..

[Audio] S tep 2: check the perm issions C laude w ants access to your G oogle A ccount It w ill be able to: R ead your em ail C reate em ail drafts A llow C ancel I read this one carefully before accepting. This is the screen I read slow est. G oogle lists w hat C laude can do w ith your account, here reading your m ail and creating drafts. Look at every line before you accept. A connector that can read and w rite in your inbox deserves thirty seconds of attention, so I take them ..

[Audio] S tep 3: turn both on in the chat Tools S tart a new chat O pen the tools m enu S w itch on Indeed and G m ail C annot see them ? This is usually w hy Indeed O N G m ail O N W eb search O FF S tep three, and this is w here people get stuck. C onnecting an app isn't enough. S tart a new chat, open the tools m enu next to the m essage box, and sw itch on Indeed and G m ail. If C laude tells you it can't see your jobs or your m ail, this is alm ost alw ays the reason. C heck the toggles first..

[Audio] S tep 4: the first prom pt C V .pdf attached H ere is m y C V . Find senior Java and A ngular jobs in France or rem ote on Indeed. S how salary and benefits w hen listed. W rite each application as a G m ail draft w ith m y C V attached. D o not send anything. U nderstood. I w ill search Indeed, filter by seniority and stack, and prepare drafts for you to review . S tep four, give C laude real context. I attach m y C V . Then I don't type 'find m e a job', I describe exactly w hat I w ant: a senior Java and A ngular developer, in France or rem ote. I ask it to show the salary and the benefits w henever an offer lists them , so I can com pare w ithout opening tw enty tabs. I ask it to w rite each application as a G m ail draft w ith m y C V attached. A nd I add the m ost im portant line of the w hole prom pt: do not send anything. The vaguer you are here, the m ore junk you get back later..

[Audio] S tep 5: 42 results, filtered to 14 R ole Location S alary (E U R ) B enefits 42 to 14 P aris, hybrid 55-65k 2 rem ote days, m eal vouchers S enior Java / A ngular D eveloper R em ote, France 60-70k H ealth insurance Lead D eveloper Java Lyon N ot listed Full S tack E ngineer, S pring + A ngular R em ote, E U 58-68k Training budget S enior B ackend Java S tep five, the search. C laude pulls the offers from Indeed, and the raw list w as 42 results. A lot of them w eren't senior, w eren't Java, or w ere now here near w here I w ant to w ork. S o I asked it to filter by seniority, location and stack. O ne prom pt, and 42 becam e 14. That's ten m inutes of scrolling gone in a few seconds, and honestly that w as the part that im pressed m e m ost..

[Audio] S tep 5: one offer from the list Indeed S enior Java / A ngular D eveloper P aris (hybrid) 58,000 - 66,000 E U R a year B enefits: 2 rem ote days, m eal vouchers, health insurance Join a product team building a S pring B oot and A ngular platform on O racle. Y ou w ill ow n features end to end and review code. A pply now H ere's one of the offers that survived. A senior Java and A ngular role, hybrid in P aris, w ith a salary range and the benefits listed. That's exactly the inform ation I asked C laude to pull out, so I can decide in ten seconds if it's w orth a draft..

[Audio] S tep 6: drafts, never sent To S ubject A ttachm ent S tatus C V .pdf D raft R ecruiter, P aris A pplication: S enior Java / A ngular D eveloper C V .pdf D raft R ecruiter, R em ote A pplication: Lead D eveloper Java C V .pdf D raft R ecruiter, Lyon A pplication: Full S tack E ngineer C V .pdf D raft R ecruiter, R em ote E U A pplication: S enior B ackend Java C V .pdf D raft R ecruiter, P aris A pplication: Java Tech Lead S tep six. For each offer, C laude created a draft in G m ail w ith m y C V attached. Five of them are on screen. N otice the status: they're all drafts. N othing has left m y inbox..

[Audio] S tep 6: the application, ready to review To: S ubject: A pplication: S enior Java / A ngular D eveloper H ello, your offer m entions a S pring B oot and A ngular platform w ith O racle. That is the stack I w ork on every day, including contract m anagem ent screens. M y C V is attached and I am free for a call this w eek. C V _ .pdf S end H ere's one opened up. It nam es the stack from the offer, it points to the part of m y experience that m atches, and it asks for a call. This is w hat I w ant from every draft. I read all of them , one by one, and I change w hatever doesn't sound like m e..

[Audio] I read it, then I press send M essage sent A pplication: S enior Java / A ngular D eveloper To w ith C V _ .pdf C laude never sends. I do. W hen I'm happy, I press send. M e, not C laude. A tool that applies on its ow n w ill eventually send the w rong thing under your nam e, and you'll find out from a recruiter..

[Audio] A good draft next to a generic one G ood G eneric I am a m otivated senior developer w ith strong skills and I am excited to apply for this opportunity at your com pany. H ello, your offer m entions a S pring B oot and A ngular platform w ith O racle. That is the stack I w ork on every day, including the contract m anagem ent screens. N ot every draft looked like that one. This one could have been w ritten for any com pany. M otivated senior developer, excited to apply. Y ou can hear it. A recruiter reads fifty of these a day..

[Audio] W hat w orked, w hat broke W orked B roke S alary and benefits show n w hen the listing had them O ne prom pt cut 42 offers dow n to 14 by stack and seniority D rafts reused the right details from m y C V S everal letters opened w ith the sam e sentence S o, w hat w orked and w hat broke. W hat w orked: one prom pt cut 42 offers to 14. The drafts reused the right details from m y C V . A nd salary and benefits show ed up w henever the listing had them . W hat broke: several letters opened w ith the exact sam e sentence. The sam e offers show ed up tw ice across tw o searches. A nd one draft claim ed experience w ith a tool I have never used. That last one is the dangerous one. If C laude says I know som ething I've never touched, it's m y nam e on the em ail. S o I check for it on every draft, every tim e..

[Audio] The fix: five lines of instructions O nly state skills that appear in m y C V W rite in the language of the offer M ention one concrete detail from the offer in the first tw o sentences S hort letters, plain w ords, no filler opening S kip offers outside m y location or below senior level The fix w as five lines in m y instructions. O nly state skills that appear in m y C V . W rite in the language of the offer. M ention one concrete detail from the offer in the first tw o sentences. K eep it short, plain w ords, no filler opening. A nd skip offers outside m y location or below senior level..

[Audio] S am e offer, second run B efore A fter O pens w ith the usual generic line. O pens w ith a detail from the offer. O nly skills that are in m y C V . C laim s a tool I have never used. S am e offer, second run. B efore, it opened w ith the usual generic line and claim ed that tool I'd never used. A fter, it opens w ith a detail from the offer, and only m entions skills that are really in m y C V ..

[Audio] N ext: a skill that does the repetitive part The instructions I used are in the description. S o, w as it w orth it? It saved m e real tim e on searching and on first drafts. It didn't replace the last check, and I don't think it should. N ext video, I'll build a skill that does the repetitive part, so you don't retype any of this. The instructions are in the description. A nd if you've tried som ething like this, tell m e in the com m ents w here you'd never trust an A I..