Automate passive candidate sourcing & engagement with Hunter.io, AI scoring & Gmail
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What this workflow does
This workflow has 18 nodes and runs manually, when you click “Execute workflow”. Along the way it connects Google Sheets and Gmail.
How it runs
Trigger: Manually, when you click “Execute workflow”.
- Generate Search Query (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Hunter.io (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
- Filter Candidates: (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Log Potential Candidates (Google Sheets): uses Google Sheets
- AI Resume Analysis (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Calculate Candidate Score (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Is Score > 75? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Send Initial Outreach Email (Gmail): uses Gmail
- Update Status 'Contacted' (Google Sheets): uses Google Sheets
- Wait: pauses before continuing
…plus 7 more steps. See the full node list below.
Services it uses
Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0
Nothing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0, so it should import and run after the upgrade.
Nodes used (7)
- Manual Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - Google Sheets
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets - If
n8n-nodes-base.if - Gmail
n8n-nodes-base.gmail - Wait
n8n-nodes-base.wait
From the author
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