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Follow-Up Agent — Smart Re-Engagement for Non-Responsive Candidates

The Follow-Up Agent monitors non-responsive candidates and drafts timely, contextually reframed follow-up messages — so you never send a generic bump email, and you never let a strong candidate fall through the cracks.

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Follow-up that adds value, not noise

Most recruiter follow-up fails because it's a copy of the first message with 'Just following up' prepended. Candidates who didn't respond to the first message respond even less to a reminder that they didn't respond. Effective follow-up adds context — a new development in the role, a relevant piece of news, a reframed value proposition that might land differently.

The Follow-Up Agent monitors your outreach sequences and drafts follow-up messages with genuinely new framing: an update about the role or company, a different angle on why the candidate might be a fit, or a lower-commitment alternative path to engagement. Every draft is recruiter-reviewed before sending.

Follow-Up Agent capabilities

Intelligent timing

Tracks outreach sequences and surfaces follow-up suggestions at optimal intervals based on channel, seniority, and response-rate benchmarks — not arbitrary day-count triggers.

Contextual reframing

Each follow-up draft includes new context: a role update, a different value angle, or a reduced-commitment ask. Not a reminder — a reframe.

Sequence management

Manages multi-touch sequences across email, LinkedIn, and SMS — with channel rotation logic when the first channel doesn't generate a response.

Automatic sequence termination

Sequences end automatically after configured touchpoints or when a negative signal is detected — keeping you off blocklists and protecting your reputation.

Follow-up sequence workflow

Non-response detected → context update → reframed draft → recruiter review → timed delivery.

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Inputs, outputs, and workflow connection

  1. 01

    Inputs

    Outreach history from your CRM, role updates from the mandate record, and sequence configuration (number of touches, channel rotation, timing).

  2. 02

    Processing

    Identifies non-responsive candidates past their follow-up window. Pulls new context from mandate and candidate records. Drafts reframed follow-up message.

  3. 03

    Output

    Follow-up draft in recruiter review queue with timing context, sequence position, and send-or-skip options.

  4. 04

    Workflow connection

    Approved follow-ups send on schedule. Positive responses route to Scheduling Agent. Negative signals close the sequence and tag the candidate record.

Follow-up agent outcomes

31%
Of total responses come from follow-up messages, not initial outreach
0
Generic bump emails — every draft has new context
8%
Incremental reply rate from second-touch messages alone
FAQ

Questions, answered

Can the agent send follow-ups automatically without recruiter review?

Pre-approved follow-up sequences can be configured for time-triggered delivery after recruiter review of the first message in the sequence. Individual review is always available.

How does the agent know when a sequence should end?

Sequences end on configured touchpoint count, recruiter manual termination, a positive response (routes to Scheduling Agent), or a negative signal in the candidate record.

Never let a strong candidate go cold

AI-assisted follow-up with genuine reframing — recruiter-reviewed, never repetitive.