Automate your whole job search, then choose to apply by hand

A builder made an n8n job search pipeline with contact lookup and tailored resumes, then kept applying manually.

By @nethxkensoriano on X · Posted Aug 10, 2026 · Added Oct 16, 2026

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Engagement: 2 X likes1 reply · 0 reposts · fetched Oct 15, 2026

What they did

@nethxkensoriano built job discovery, hiring-contact lookup, tailored applications and custom resumes in n8n with free tools.

How it went

He built it to learn n8n and kept applying manually anyway.

Worth knowing

Personal applications may still land better.

Builder recipe

Our own starting point, written from the source. Adapt it to your setup.

Stack

n8n
Job board feeds
LLM

Steps

Define your criteria.
Let the agent search, score and draft.
Review everything before it is sent.
Track outcomes.

Starter prompt

Find 20 roles matching [criteria], find a hiring contact for each, and draft a 3-sentence personal note. Do not send.

Read the original

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