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💡 Cold outreach tip: send this as an email, not a formal letter. Find the hiring manager on LinkedIn first. Personalise the first paragraph — it's the only one that gets read if you haven't done your research.
Subject line (for email) [Your Role] background — interested in contributing to [Company Name]
[Your Full Name]
[your.email@example.com]  |  [+1 555 000 0000]  |  [linkedin.com/in/yourprofile]
[Month Day, Year]
[Hiring Manager's Name]
[Their Title]
[Company Name]
Hi [First Name],

I noticed [specific, genuine observation about the company — a product launch, funding round, article they were quoted in, problem they're publicly working on]. That caught my attention because I have spent the last [X years] doing exactly that kind of work — most recently at [Employer] where I [one-line achievement with metric].

I realise you may not have an open role that maps to my background right now. That's fine — I'm not sending a generic application. I'm reaching out because I believe I could contribute to [specific area of the company — team, product, challenge], and I'd rather have that conversation early than wait for a job posting.

Here is what I bring to the table:
[Specific skill or experience relevant to their work, with context]
[Second relevant strength or achievement]
[Third point — could be a tool, industry knowledge, or type of problem you solve]

If there's potential alignment, I'd genuinely enjoy a 20-minute call to explore it. No pressure either way — I just thought it was worth reaching out.

Best,


[Your Full Name]
[your.email@example.com]  |  [Phone]