Shortlist
Executive search outreach · on demand
Hand Shortlist the mandate brief and your candidate signals. It writes each name a personalized three-touch sequence — intro, value follow-up, close — checks every draft against your compliance list, and stacks the batch in a queue that moves only when you approve it.
First sequences same day · free sample covers three candidates · no card required
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What you receive
A PE-backed logistics COO search: six candidate signals in, six sequences staged for review twenty-five minutes later.
Subject — COO mandate, national 3PL operator (confidential)
“You've run national 3PL operations through a full network redesign — that is the profile this board asked for. I can't name the client before an NDA, and I won't quote a package by email.”
Touch 01 intro · 02 follow-up · 03 close — day 0 / 4 / 9
Checklist cleared: no compensation promise, no client name pre-NDA.
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How it works
Sign in, paste the brief, and queue candidate signals the way you already keep them — ATS export, CSV sourcing list, or one name at a time.
Intro, value follow-up, close — written against the candidate's actual role and the mandate's fit, then run line by line through your compliance list.
Each sequence waits in the queue with a status chip. Approve it, edit it, or kill it. There is no auto-send path to switch on.
Inside every batch
Each touch names the role the candidate holds now and why this mandate fits it. That is why the intake wants the brief and not just a name list.
No compensation promises. No client name before NDA. Your firm's tone rules. The checklist runs on every draft, not on a sample.
Six sequences, six statuses, one screen. Nothing reaches a candidate without your approval, and every candidate's state stays tracked in one place.
Who's behind this
Drafting retained-search outreach since 2025.
On a retained mandate the first email is the firm's reputation. I built Shortlist to write the way my best researcher wrote — specific, restrained, compliant — and to make certain no draft ever skips my desk on the way out.
Pricing
One run drafts sequences for your whole pending queue — six candidates or sixty.
$0.00
1 runs included · one time
Included plan · added automatically after verified sign-in
Sign in to start free$119.00
12 runs included · every 1 month(s)
Card handled by Stripe · sequences never auto-send · reply to any delivery email for support.
FAQ
No. Shortlist has no auto-send path. Every sequence sits in the approval queue until you approve it, and you can edit or kill any draft before it goes anywhere.
By default: no compensation promises, no client identification before NDA, and your firm's tone rules. The checklist is editable in your plan settings.
No. Candidate signals can be queued from any list — CSV, ATS export, or one name at a time. ATS integrations can be added during setup.
Read three real Shortlist sequences — subject lines, all three touches, the checklist result — before you pay for anything.
Draft my free sequencesSame-day drafts · no card required