Cold Emailing for Jobs

What is cold emailing for a job?

Cold emailing is reaching out to people in order to network, for jobs, or for sales. The key is making sure they're open to being contacted and being polite about it.

How to cold email

The hardest part is finding their email address. Here's how:

1. Search their LinkedIn or Twitter history — many people post their email publicly.
2. Use tools like Hunter.io or Clearbit to guess corporate email patterns.
3. When in doubt, try common formats like firstname@company.com.

What to say

Here's what I usually do:

1. Compare what they've written in their job description.
2. Write about it in your own context, positively.
3. Add proof of work — mention your projects and link to them.
4. Triple-check for typos and spelling errors. These work against you.

The goal is to make it easy for them to say yes. Keep it short, specific, and respectful of their time.