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Claude for Recruiters

Four live demos showing what Claude can do for your desk — today, without any technical setup.

01 CV Scoring02 Candidate List03 LinkedIn Content Skill04 Apollo + Apify

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Before You Start — Setup

Step 1 — Download Claude Desktop & Sign Up to Pro

Everything in this guide runs inside the Claude Desktop App. You'll need the Pro plan to access the Cowork tab, Skills, and Connectors.

1Download the Claude Desktop App from the link below.
2Sign up or upgrade to the Pro plan ($20/month). This unlocks Cowork, Skills, and Connectors.
3Open the app. At the top you'll see three tabs: Chat, Cowork, Code. Click Cowork — all demos run from here.

Download Claude Desktop →

Chat

Basic conversation. Not used for demos.

Cowork

Skills + Connectors + Chat. All demos run here. ← HERE

Code

Terminal for developers. Not used today.

Step 2 — Connect Apollo

Apollo powers the contact data in Demo 4. Connect it as a Claude Connector — no API keys needed, just authorize with your Apollo account.

How to connect Apollo to Claude

1Open Claude and start a new chat. Click "Connect your tools to Claude" — or go to Settings → Connectors.
2Search for "Apollo.io" and click + Apollo.io.
3Review the terms and click Authorize. Log in to your Apollo account if prompted.
4Back in Settings → Connectors, click Configure next to Apollo.io.
5Set permissions for each action. Recommended: set "Search for Contacts" and "People Enrichment" to Always allow. Set actions that use credits (Enrichment, Organization Search) to Approval required.
6Quick test: type "Using Apollo, find 1 VP of Sales at a recruitment agency in London" — confirm it responds with a result.

No API key needed. Apollo connects via OAuth — you just authorize with your existing Apollo account. It works on any Claude subscription, including free accounts. Claude can only perform actions you have permission for based on your Apollo plan.

Apollo permissions reference

Action	Credits?	Recommended
Search for Contacts	No	Always allow
People API Search	No	Always allow
Create Contact	No	Always allow
Update Contact	No	Approval required
People Enrichment	Yes	Approval required
Bulk People Enrichment	Yes	Approval required
Organization Search	Yes	Approval required
Organization Enrichment	Yes	Approval required
Add Contacts to Sequence	No	Approval required
Search for Sequences	No	Always allow

Actions that don't use credits are safe to auto-approve. For anything involving enrichment or org search, set to "Approval required" so Claude asks before spending credits.

Read Apollo's full setup guide →

Step 3 (Optional) — Connect Apify

Apify lets Claude scrape job boards and public websites in real time. Only needed if you want to run the job intelligence part of Demo 4.

1In the Cowork tab, click Connectors in the left sidebar.
2Find Apify in the list — confirm it shows as Connected.
3If not connected: click Customize, find Apify, and paste your Apify API token.
4Quick test: type "Using Apify, list the available actors I can run" — confirm it responds.

⚠ If you plan to demo Apify live, verify this connection beforehand. A failed connector on screen kills the demo.

Step 4 — Upload the LinkedIn Content Skill

Demo 3 uses a custom LinkedIn Content skill that locks in your voice, formatting rules, and weekly calendar. Download the file below and upload it directly into Claude Cowork as a Skill.

1Download the skill file using the button below.
2In the Cowork tab, click Skills in the left sidebar.
3Click "Add Skill" or drag the downloaded .skill file into the panel.
4Confirm it appears as linkedin-content in your Skills list. You're set.

Download LinkedIn Content Skill →

01 Claude Desktop App → Cowork

CV Scoring — 5 Resumes Against a Job Description

Upload all 5 CVs and the JD in one message. Get a ranked scoring table in seconds.

Steps

1In Cowork, click New task in the left sidebar to start a fresh conversation.
2Click the attachment / "+" icon in the message bar at the bottom.
3Open your CV Scoring Demo folder. Select all 5 CVs and the JD at the same time and upload them in one message.
4Once all files show as attached, paste the prompt below and hit send.

Prompt

I have uploaded 5 CVs and a job description. Score each candidate out of 10 against the JD requirements. For each candidate give me: - Full name - Overall score out of 10 - Top 3 strengths - Biggest gap - One question to ask them in a first screen call Present the results as a ranked table, best to worst. Be direct. Do not soften assessments.

What Claude produces:

All 5 candidates ranked and scored in one table
Clear strengths and gaps per person — ready to share with a client
Screening questions tailored to each individual profile

Say to the room: "Reading 5 CVs, taking notes, building a comparison — that's 45 minutes minimum. This is 20 seconds. And the output is already client-ready."

02 Claude Desktop App → Cowork

Top 20 Candidates — Names, Titles & LinkedIn Profiles into Google Sheets

Claude searches the web for real LinkedIn profiles. Two prompts. Copy the result straight into Google Sheets.

Steps

1Click New task in Cowork to start a fresh conversation.
2Paste Prompt 1 below. Claude will search LinkedIn via Google X-Ray to find real profiles.
3When the list comes back, paste Prompt 2 in the same conversation to reformat it as a clean table.
4Switch to your blank Google Sheet. Click cell A1. Paste. The table auto-fills into columns.

Prompt 1 — Find the candidates

Search the web and find me 20 real LinkedIn profiles of people who would be strong candidates for a Head of People role at a Series A startup in London. Use Google X-Ray searches like: site:linkedin.com/in "Head of People" OR "VP People" OR "People Director" London For each person return: - Full name - Current job title - Current company - LinkedIn profile URL - One sentence on why they are relevant Stop at 20. Only include people with a verified LinkedIn URL.

Prompt 2 — Format for Google Sheets

What Claude produces:

20 real candidate profiles with verified LinkedIn URLs
Pastes directly into Google Sheets — columns auto-align instantly
A live candidate longlist built in under 2 minutes

Say to the room: "This is not made up. Claude searched the internet for real people. What you're looking at is an actual longlist. Your next step is to pick up the phone."

03 Claude Desktop App → Cowork → Skills

2 LinkedIn Posts — What Skills Are and How They Work

First show the Skills panel to explain what skills are. Then write two posts live using Claude's research and writing capabilities.

Start here — show the Skills panel and open the LinkedIn Content skill
In Cowork, click Skills in the left sidebar. Find linkedin-content in the list and open it. Scroll through the SKILL.md — show the voice rules, the weekly calendar, the post formats. This is the visual proof that a skill is just plain English instructions telling Claude exactly how to behave.

Steps

1Click Skills in the Cowork left sidebar. Point at the list: "Each of these is a saved set of instructions. Claude reads them at the start of every conversation. You build it once — it runs every time."
2Click linkedin-content to open it. Scroll slowly — show the voice rules section. "This is the skill I use to write all my LinkedIn posts. It knows my tone, my formatting rules, what words to avoid, the weekly calendar. Claude has all of this loaded before I type a single word."
3Click New task to go back to chat. Make sure the linkedin-content skill is selected — it should show as active. Now run the prompts below.

Post 1 — Using the LinkedIn Content Skill (Your Voice, Locked In)

This prompt fires the linkedin-content skill. Claude already knows the voice rules, the format, the sign-off, what words are banned, the weekly content calendar. You just give it the topic. No instructions needed. The skill does the work.

Write me a Wednesday LinkedIn post on this topic: Most recruiters are using AI as a typing assistant. The ones winning right now are using it as a thinking partner. That is the gap. Use my voice. Follow all the rules in the skill.

Point out to the room: No formatting instructions. No tone guidance. No sign-off reminder. The skill already has all of that. Claude just writes.

Post 2 — MPC for Recruiters (Research First)

Research prompt

Research MCP — Model Context Protocol — for a recruiter audience. Explain what it is in plain English and give me 3 specific examples of how it connects tools like Gmail, Apollo, and Notion to Claude. Keep it practical, not technical.

Write prompt

Using that research, write a Wednesday LinkedIn post about what MCP actually is and why it matters for recruitment businesses. Use my voice. Follow the skill rules. End with: Comment PLAYBOOK to get the full guide.

What Claude produces:

Two posts written in the same voice — the skill locked it in
No formatting rules needed in the prompt — the skill already knows them
The concept: build the skill once, write posts for life without re-explaining your voice

Say to the room: "I did not tell Claude my tone, my formatting, my sign-off, or what words to avoid. The skill has all of that. Every recruiter in this room could build this for their own voice in an afternoon. Then every post takes 30 seconds."

04 Claude Desktop App → Cowork → Connectors

Connected Tools — List Building + Live Job Intelligence

Two use cases in one demo. Apollo builds a decision maker list. Apify finds 20 hot jobs posted today. Both run inside Claude — no browser tabs, no copy-pasting.

Show Connectors before starting

Click Connectors in the Cowork left sidebar
Point at Apollo — "This is where the contact data comes from. Name, email, LinkedIn, company size — all live."
Point at Clay — "If Apollo doesn't have enough data on a contact, Clay fills the gaps. Two sources, one conversation."
Point at Apify — "And this one scrapes the internet in real time. Job boards, company pages, LinkedIn — anything public."
Click New task to go back to chat

Part A — Apollo List Building

Build a targeted list of decision makers. Apollo as primary source, Clay as backup if a record is missing data.

Prompt — Apollo list build

Using Apollo, find me 20 decision makers at recruitment agencies in the UK. Filters: - Company size: 10–100 employees - Titles: Founder, Managing Director, CEO, Director - Industry: Staffing and Recruiting For each person return: - Full name - Job title - Company name - Work email address - LinkedIn URL Stop at 20.

Prompt — Clay backup

Some of these records are missing email addresses. Use Clay to enrich the ones with no email — find their work email using their name and company. Only enrich the ones marked as missing. Return the same format.

Say to the room: "Apollo just pulled 20 real people with verified emails. If any were missing, Clay fills the gap — automatically, in the same conversation. No switching tabs. No manual lookup."

Part B — Apify: 20 Hot Jobs of the Day

Scrape today's freshest job postings from LinkedIn Jobs. If LinkedIn returns fewer than 20, fall back to Indeed.

Prompt — LinkedIn Jobs primary

Using Apify, run the LinkedIn Jobs Scraper actor with these parameters: Keywords: Head of Sales Location: United Kingdom Date posted: past 24 hours For each result return: - Company name - Job title - Location - Date posted - Job URL Return exactly 20. Stop there — do not paginate.

Prompt — Indeed backup

LinkedIn Jobs returned fewer than 20 results. Use Apify to run the Indeed Scraper actor instead. Same search: - Keywords: Head of Sales - Location: United Kingdom - Date posted: last 24 hours Fill up to 20 total results. Same fields: company name, job title, location, date posted, job URL.

Prompt — Write outreach for each company

For each of these companies, write a short cold outreach email to the Founder or MD. My pitch: I place pre-trained sales and GTM talent into growing businesses — typically within 2 weeks. Rules: - 4 lines maximum - Open by referencing their specific open role - End with one direct question only - No 'hope you're well'. No 'I came across your profile'. - Sign off as [Your Name] Label each email with the company name above it.

What Claude produces:

20 decision makers with verified emails — Apollo + Clay filling the gaps automatically
20 companies that posted a job today — live intent signal from LinkedIn or Indeed
Personalised outreach written for every company based on their specific open role
Three tools, two use cases, one conversation — no browser tabs opened

Say to the room: "In 3 minutes Claude built a prospect list, filled in the missing data, found 20 companies actively hiring today, and wrote personalised emails for every single one. That is what a connected AI system looks like. That is what your BD morning looks like when you stop doing it manually."

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