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Week 2 of 8 · Build the Candidate

Target List & the AI Outreach System

Objective: A working outreach machine, and the first 50 sequenced emails out the door.

Level 2 reached: Launched

Numbers this week
Emails sent (cumulative)
50
Calls completed
0
Stories
—
Externships
Open programs identified

What we teach

  • The tiered target list: A (dream firms, for relationships), B (realistic: boutiques, middle market, local firms, startups), and C (safe).
  • Sourcing contacts with tools like Apollo or RecruitEm, and checking that the person actually does the job you want to hear about.
  • Building the AI email automation: personalization prompts, mail merge and sequencing, and the follow-up steps loaded from day one.
  • The tracker. Only track people who reply. Everyone else lives in the sequence until they do.
  • The weekly minimum starts now: 50 new sequenced emails, every follow-up due, and the tracker updated by Sunday night.

Live reps

Every student builds their sequence live in the session and sends before leaving.

Your 60-minute 1:1 this week

Check the automation end to end: the personalization prompt, the first five emails line by line, and the follow-up steps.

The weekly minimum

50 new sequenced emails · every follow-up due this week · tracker updated by Sunday night

Deliverables

  • AI email automation live
  • 50 sequenced emails sent and logged

Meeting every deliverable completes the gate for Level 2 · Launched.

Coach questions

  • Read me your best personalized first line. Would you reply to it?
  • Which tier is most of your list in? Is that on purpose?
  • What will stop you from sending 50 next week, and what's the plan for that?
For parents

What parents will see this week

The first biweekly progress report: your student's level, the resume status, and the target list count. The tracker starts counting this week.

Want your student doing this every week?

Eight weeks, a 60-minute 1:1 every week, and a coach who checks the numbers.

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