Automate your job search and reach the hiring contact with n8n

Run a daily job search across LinkedIn, RemoteOK, and We Work Remotely, score every opening against your profile with AI, draft an application note for strong fits, find the right person at each company on LinkedIn, and send them a personalized connection request under your name. Every job lands in Google Sheets with its score, notes, and outreach status.

Why being early matters in a job search, and how to run the same flow from MCP or REST: see the playbook Automate your LinkedIn job search.

Import the template: Search and outreach to top-fit jobs with LinkedIn, RemoteOK, WWR, Claude and Sheets

What you need

• A Periodix Actions account with a connected LinkedIn profile (3-day free trial)
• The Periodix Actions node installed (listed in n8n as Periodix LinkedIn), see Installation
• An AI provider API key: Claude by default, OpenAI or Gemini also work
• A Google Sheet with a Leads tab and these column headers: source, job_title, company_name, company_id, company_match, job_url, job_location, fit_score, work_mode, fit_reason, application_note, recipient_name, recipient_headline, recipient_id, recipient_match, connection_note, connection_sent

Workflow at a glance

Run Daily → Search Config → Search LinkedIn Jobs (Periodix Actions) + Fetch RemoteOK + Fetch We Work Remotely → Normalize each source → Merge → Deduplicate → Resolve LinkedIn company (Periodix Actions) → Score Fit with AI → Keep Strong Fits → Draft Application with AI → Find Recipient at Company (Periodix Actions) → Draft Connection Note → Send Connection Request (Periodix Actions) → Save Leads

Step by step

1. Run Daily (Schedule Trigger)

Runs once a day at 8:00. Good roles collect applicants fast, so a daily run keeps you early.

2. Search Config (Set node)

The top 3 results are compared to the job's company by normalized name, not just the first result. The outcome is written to company_match:

7. Score Fit with AI and Keep Strong Fits (HTTP Request + Code + Filter)

AI scores each job 1 to 10 against your profile and preferences, and classifies work_mode as REMOTE_OK, HYBRID_OK, HYBRID_TOO_FAR, or UNCLEAR. Only jobs with fit_score of 5 or higher that are not HYBRID_TOO_FAR move on.

8. Draft Application with AI (HTTP Request + Code)

Writes a short application note under 600 characters, specific to the role and your background. Saved as application_note.

9. Find Recipient at Company (Periodix Actions: Search + Code)

For every job with a company ID, a people search runs inside that company:

{{ "https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/people/?keywords=" + encodeURIComponent($('Search Config').first().json.recipient_titles) + "&currentCompany=%5B%22" + $json.company_id + "%22%5D" }}

From up to 10 results, the workflow picks the first person whose headline contains one of your recipient_titles. The outcome is written to recipient_match: verified, unverified_fallback, not_found, or skipped (no company resolved).

10. Draft Connection Note and Send Connection Request (HTTP Request + Periodix Actions: Connection)

AI writes a connection note under 300 characters that mentions the specific role. Then Periodix Actions sends it:

• Resource: Connection
• Operation: Send Request
• Recipient: {{ $json.recipient_id }}
• Note: {{ $json.connection_note }}

11. Save Leads (Google Sheets)

Every strong-fit job is appended to the Leads tab, whether a request was sent or not, with connection_sent set to true or false.

Example output (Leads tab row)

{
  "source": "remoteok",
  "job_title": "Growth Marketing Manager",
  "company_name": "Example Labs",
  "company_id": "12345678",
  "company_match": "verified",
  "job_url": "https://remoteok.com/remote-jobs/example",
  "job_location": "Remote",
  "fit_score": 8,
  "work_mode": "REMOTE_OK",
  "fit_reason": "Matches wanted growth role, fully remote, B2B SaaS.",
  "application_note": "Hi, I am applying for the Growth Marketing Manager role at Example Labs...",
  "recipient_name": "Sam Lee",
  "recipient_headline": "Talent Acquisition Lead at Example Labs",
  "recipient_id": "ACoAAExample789",
  "recipient_match": "verified",
  "connection_note": "Hi Sam, I just applied for the Growth Marketing Manager role at Example Labs and would love to connect.",
  "connection_sent": true
}

Customization

• Who to reach: set recipient_titles to Recruiter for a warm intro, CEO or CTO to go straight to the top, or list several.
• Confirmed matches only: filter the Sheet on company_match and recipient_match to skip unverified_fallback rows, or add an If node before Send Connection Request that only allows verified.
• Review before sending: remove Send Connection Request and send manually from the Sheet.
• More job boards: copy the RemoteOK or We Work Remotely branch and normalize to the same fields.

Troubleshooting

• No LinkedIn jobs: check linkedin_geo_id, widen freshness_hours, or simplify job_keywords.
• No RemoteOK or We Work Remotely jobs: your keyword_list is too narrow for their titles and tags.
• recipient_match is not_found for most jobs: list fewer titles in recipient_titles. LinkedIn keyword search works best with one or two terms.
• Outreach columns are empty in the Sheet: add the column headers listed in What you need. The Sheets node maps fields by header name.
• Scores of 0 with reason "parse error": the AI reply was not valid JSON. Check the model name and API key.
• The same job appears on different days: the workflow dedupes within one run only. Read the Leads tab first and filter by job_url, or use Append or Update matched on job_url.

Related

• Turn LinkedIn post engagers into scored leads
• Find LinkedIn event attendees and turn them into scored leads
• Periodix Actions node: resources and operations