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300 things to ask JobAdder.

Examples of what consultants ask the JobAdder MCP in Claude, ChatGPT and Copilot, grouped by the part of JobAdder they touch. Type them as they are, or in your own words. Names and numbers are made up.

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  • 220 questions
  • 80 updates, each approved first
  • Plain English, no commands

58 prompts

Candidates.

Find the right people, see their history and keep their records up to date.

Ask

Reads from JobAdder. Drafts and summaries stay in the chat.

  • “Find candidates in Sydney with “project manager” in their current position”
  • “Search for candidates named Sarah Nguyen”
  • “Look up the candidate with email jane.smith@example.com”
  • “Who is the candidate with phone number 0412 345 678?”
  • “Show me Jane Smith’s full profile”
  • “What’s Jane Smith’s current position and employer?”
  • “Find candidates with Xero and payroll in their keywords”
  • “List the candidates I’m the recruiter for”
  • “Which of my candidates were added in the last 7 days?”
  • “Show candidates in Melbourne updated this week”
  • “Find active candidates in Brisbane”
  • “Find accountants in Perth, most recently updated first”
  • “What’s Jane’s candidate status right now?”
  • “Summarise Jane Smith’s work history”
  • “What skills does Jane have listed?”
  • “Show Jane’s education and qualifications”
  • “What are Jane’s salary expectations?”
  • “What’s Jane’s availability and notice period?”
  • “Which jobs has Jane applied for or been submitted to?”
  • “Has Jane been placed before, and with which clients?”
  • “Show the attachments on Jane’s profile”
  • “When was Jane last contacted?”
  • “Summarise the last five notes on Jane’s record”
  • “Who owns Jane’s candidate record?”
  • “Is Jane in any of my folders?”
  • “Show the candidates in my “Hot candidates” folder”
  • “Are there duplicate records for Michael Brown?”
  • “Find candidates who applied through SEEK this month”
  • “Show candidates sourced from LinkedIn in the last 30 days”
  • “What custom fields are filled in on Jane’s record?”
  • “Find candidates open to contract work in Sydney”
  • “Compare Jane Smith and Priya Patel for the BA role at Acme”
  • “Draft a candidate summary for Jane that I can send to a client”
  • “Write a blind profile of Jane for a client submission”
  • “Which of my candidates haven’t had a note in 90 days?”
  • “Give me a call list of my active candidates in Adelaide”
  • “Find registered nurses in regional NSW”
  • “Find candidates with a forklift licence in Western Sydney”
  • “Which candidates did I add today?”
  • “What’s the LinkedIn URL on Jane’s profile?”
  • “Which candidates have I interviewed this month?”
  • “Which candidates are interviewing with Acme right now?”
  • “Find candidates who match the Senior Accountant job at Acme”
  • “Which of my candidates are currently placed?”
  • “Which candidates have a driver’s licence and their own car?”

Update

You see exactly what will change, and approve it first.

  • “Create a candidate from this CV text”
  • “Add Tom Wilson as a new candidate: tom@example.com, 0400 222 333, Payroll Officer”
  • “Update Jane’s mobile number to 0400 111 222”
  • “Change Jane’s email address to jane.smith@newmail.com”
  • “Update Jane’s current position to Senior BA at Westpac”
  • “Set Jane’s status to Placed”
  • “Add Power BI and SQL to Jane’s skills”
  • “Change Jane’s recruiter to Sam”
  • “Update Jane’s salary expectation to $140k plus super”
  • “Add Jane to my “Finance shortlist” folder”
  • “Remove Jane from the Finance shortlist folder”
  • “Upload this CV to Jane’s record”
  • “Set Jane’s “Work rights” custom field to Australian citizen”

50 prompts

Clients and contacts.

Know the company and the people there before you pick up the phone.

Ask

Reads from JobAdder. Drafts and summaries stay in the chat.

  • “Find the company Acme Corp”
  • “Show Acme’s full company record”
  • “What’s Acme’s address and main phone number?”
  • “Who are our contacts at Acme?”
  • “Who’s the hiring manager at Acme?”
  • “Which jobs are open at Acme?”
  • “How many jobs have we worked on for Acme this year?”
  • “Show every placement we’ve made at Acme”
  • “Summarise our relationship with Acme over the last 6 months”
  • “When did we last speak to anyone at Acme?”
  • “What’s the latest note on Acme?”
  • “Who owns the Acme account?”
  • “List the companies I own”
  • “Which clients haven’t given us a job in 6 months?”
  • “Show companies added this month”
  • “Find construction companies in Melbourne”
  • “What custom fields are set on Acme’s record?”
  • “Is Acme a client or a prospect?”
  • “Which of my clients have open jobs with no applicants?”
  • “Prep me for my meeting with Acme tomorrow: open jobs, recent placements, latest notes”
  • “List my top 10 clients by placements this year”
  • “Show the attachments on Acme, like signed terms of business”
  • “Which clients have candidates interviewing this week?”
  • “Find prospects we haven’t contacted in 30 days”
  • “Find the contact Mark Jones”
  • “Look up the contact with email mark@acme.com.au”
  • “Show Mark Jones’s contact details”
  • “Which company does Mark Jones work for?”
  • “What jobs has Mark Jones given us?”
  • “When did I last speak to Mark?”
  • “Summarise the notes on Mark Jones”
  • “List the contacts I own”
  • “Find HR managers in Sydney”
  • “Which of my contacts haven’t been called in 60 days?”
  • “Who are the decision makers at Acme?”
  • “Draft a check-in email to Mark about the BA role”
  • “Give me a client call list for today”
  • “Which of our clients are in healthcare?”

Update

You see exactly what will change, and approve it first.

  • “Create a new company: Bright Energy Pty Ltd, Brisbane”
  • “Update Acme’s main phone number to 02 9000 1234”
  • “Change Acme’s status from prospect to client”
  • “Reassign the Acme account to Lisa”
  • “Add a note to Acme: met the CFO, two roles coming in Q1”
  • “Set Acme’s “Terms signed” custom field to yes”
  • “Add Rachel Lee as a new contact at Acme, Head of Finance”
  • “Update Mark’s mobile number to 0411 555 666”
  • “Mark Mark Jones as no longer at Acme”
  • “Move Mark Jones to his new company, Bright Energy”
  • “Add a note to Mark: called, chasing feedback on Jane”
  • “Change the owner of Mark Jones’s contact record to Sam”

44 prompts

Jobs.

What’s open, who owns it and how each role is tracking.

Ask

Reads from JobAdder. Drafts and summaries stay in the chat.

  • “What jobs do I have open right now?”
  • “Show the Senior Accountant job at Acme”
  • “Find jobs with Business Analyst in the title”
  • “List all active jobs in Sydney”
  • “Which jobs were opened this week?”
  • “Which jobs did I close last month?”
  • “Show my favourite jobs”
  • “Who’s the client contact on the Acme BA job?”
  • “What’s the salary range on the BA job?”
  • “Summarise the job description for the BA role”
  • “What are the key requirements for job 4521?”
  • “Which of my jobs have no applications yet?”
  • “Which open jobs haven’t been updated in 14 days?”
  • “How many applicants does each of my open jobs have?”
  • “Show the jobs Lisa owns”
  • “Which jobs are on hold?”
  • “What’s the status of every job at Acme?”
  • “Which contract roles are open right now?”
  • “Show the split of permanent and contract roles among my open jobs”
  • “What’s the start date for the BA job?”
  • “Show the job ads posted for the BA job”
  • “Which job boards is the BA ad live on?”
  • “Show the notes on the BA job”
  • “Find candidates who could suit the BA job”
  • “Write a job ad for the BA role from the job details”
  • “Draft a client update on how the BA job is progressing”
  • “Which jobs closed as filled and which were lost this quarter?”
  • “What jobs did Sam create this month?”
  • “Show the jobs in my “Priority” folder”
  • “What custom fields are set on job 4521?”
  • “Give me a weekly jobs report: new, closed and open, by consultant”
  • “Which of my jobs are exclusive?”

Update

You see exactly what will change, and approve it first.

  • “Create a new job: Payroll Officer at Acme, Brisbane, $85k”
  • “Update the salary on the BA job to $120–130k”
  • “Change the status of job 4521 to On Hold”
  • “Close the BA job as filled”
  • “Reassign the BA job to Sam”
  • “Change the contact on the BA job to Rachel Lee”
  • “Add a note to the BA job: client wants 3 CVs by Friday”
  • “Replace the BA job description with this text”
  • “Add the BA job to my “Priority” folder”
  • “Set the start date on job 4521 to 3 February”
  • “Create a job ad for the BA job from this text”
  • “Set the “Exclusive” custom field to yes on job 4521”

41 prompts

Applications and pipeline.

Who’s on each job, what stage they’re at, and who needs a nudge.

Ask

Reads from JobAdder. Drafts and summaries stay in the chat.

  • “Who’s in the pipeline for the BA job at Acme?”
  • “What stage is each candidate at for job 4521?”
  • “Show Jane’s application for the BA job”
  • “Which applications came in today?”
  • “Show new applicants across all my jobs this week”
  • “Which candidates have I submitted this week?”
  • “Which submitted candidates haven’t had feedback in 5 days?”
  • “Who’s at interview stage across my jobs?”
  • “Which applications are at offer stage?”
  • “How many applications are at each stage for job 4521?”
  • “Rank the applicants for the BA job by how well they fit”
  • “Summarise the top 3 applicants for the BA job”
  • “Which applicants for the BA role came from SEEK?”
  • “Show the rejected applicants for job 4521”
  • “Has Jane applied for any other jobs?”
  • “Which applications have been at the same stage for 2 weeks?”
  • “What application statuses do we use?”
  • “Show the notes on Jane’s application for the BA job”
  • “Show the history of Jane’s application for job 4521”
  • “Show Jane’s screening question answers for the BA job”
  • “Which of my jobs have candidates at final interview?”
  • “Show applications updated in the last 24 hours”
  • “Draft a shortlist email for the BA role from the top 3 applicants”
  • “Draft rejection emails for the unsuccessful BA applicants”
  • “Which candidates are in more than one active pipeline?”
  • “Give me a pipeline summary for every job I own”
  • “What’s my submission-to-interview rate this month?”
  • “Which applicants haven’t been reviewed yet?”

Update

You see exactly what will change, and approve it first.

  • “Move John Lee to Interview on the Acme job”
  • “Mark Jane as submitted to the client on job 4521”
  • “Reject the last 5 applicants for job 4521”
  • “Move Jane to Offer on the BA job”
  • “Add Jane to the BA job pipeline”
  • “Add these three candidates to job 4521 as shortlisted”
  • “Add a note to Jane’s application: client liked her, second interview Tuesday”
  • “Withdraw Tom’s application from job 4521”
  • “Set the “Feedback received” custom field on Jane’s application”
  • “Move every New applicant on the BA job to Reviewed”
  • “Submit Jane to the client with this summary”
  • “Move Jane back to Shortlisted”
  • “Shortlist Priya Patel for the Payroll Officer job”

25 prompts

Placements.

Permanent placements, contractors on assignment and what’s coming up.

Ask

Reads from JobAdder. Drafts and summaries stay in the chat.

  • “Show my placements from last month”
  • “How many placements did I make this quarter?”
  • “Show Jane’s placement at Acme”
  • “What’s the start date and salary on placement 889?”
  • “What fee did we earn on Jane’s placement?”
  • “Which contractors finish in the next 30 days?”
  • “Which placements start next week?”
  • “Which placements are waiting for approval?”
  • “Show all our placements at Acme this year”
  • “Total placement fees by consultant this month”
  • “Which perm placements are still inside the guarantee period?”
  • “Show contract placements with their pay and charge rates”
  • “What’s the margin on Tom’s contract?”
  • “Which of my contractors are currently on assignment?”
  • “Which placements did Sam make this quarter?”
  • “Which contracts are due for extension this month?”
  • “Show the notes on Jane’s placement”
  • “Draft a congratulations email to Jane on her new role”
  • “Draft a 4-week check-in message to Jane’s manager”

Update

You see exactly what will change, and approve it first.

  • “Create a placement for Jane at Acme starting 3 March at $135k”
  • “Extend Tom’s contract end date to 30 June”
  • “Change the start date on placement 889 to 10 March”
  • “Add a note to Jane’s placement: started well, check in at week 4”
  • “Update Tom’s pay rate to $95 an hour”
  • “Mark Jane’s placement as fallen through”

23 prompts

Interviews, meetings and tasks.

Your calendar and to-do list, without opening JobAdder.

Ask

Reads from JobAdder. Drafts and summaries stay in the chat.

  • “What’s my interview schedule for next week?”
  • “What interviews are on today?”
  • “Who’s interviewing with Acme this week?”
  • “Show the details of Jane’s interview with Acme”
  • “Which of yesterday’s interviews still need feedback?”
  • “List all my meetings this week”
  • “What client meetings do I have on Thursday?”
  • “Prep me for my 2pm interview: candidate, job and notes”
  • “How many interviews did I arrange this month?”
  • “Show upcoming interviews for job 4521”
  • “What tasks do I have due today?”
  • “Show my overdue tasks”
  • “What tasks are linked to Jane?”
  • “Show the tasks due this week”

Update

You see exactly what will change, and approve it first.

  • “Book an interview for Jane with Mark at Acme, Tuesday 10am”
  • “Reschedule Jane’s interview to Wednesday 2pm”
  • “Cancel Tom’s interview on Friday”
  • “Add interview feedback for Jane: strong technically, weaker on stakeholder management”
  • “Create a meeting with Mark Jones next Monday at 9am”
  • “Create a task to call Jane tomorrow at 9am”
  • “Mark my “chase Acme feedback” task as done”
  • “Create follow-up tasks to call every candidate I submitted this week”
  • “Move my task due date to Friday”

16 prompts

Notes and activity.

What was said, when and by whom, and logging it without the typing.

Ask

Reads from JobAdder. Drafts and summaries stay in the chat.

  • “Show everything I logged today”
  • “Summarise all notes on Jane from the last 3 months”
  • “Find notes that mention “counter offer””
  • “What did I note about Acme last week?”
  • “Show the notes Sam added this week”
  • “What note types do we use?”
  • “Summarise my week: calls, notes and submissions”
  • “Show the latest note on each of my open jobs”
  • “Find notes that mention visas”
  • “What did Jane say about her notice period last time we spoke?”

Update

You see exactly what will change, and approve it first.

  • “Log a call note on Jane: discussed the BA role, keen, expecting $130k”
  • “Add the same note to Mark Jones and to Acme”
  • “Log a meeting note against Acme with these minutes”
  • “Turn these call notes into JobAdder notes on the right candidates”
  • “Fix the salary in the note I just added”
  • “Add a note to every candidate on the BA shortlist saying the role is on hold”

22 prompts

Folders, job ads, requisitions and more.

The rest of JobAdder: shortlists, advertising, requisitions, opportunities and your account’s setup.

Ask

Reads from JobAdder. Drafts and summaries stay in the chat.

  • “What folders do I have?”
  • “Who’s in my “Finance shortlist” folder?”
  • “Which job ads are live right now?”
  • “Show the ad text for the BA ad”
  • “Which job boards do we post to?”
  • “Show open requisitions”
  • “Show the details of requisition 102”
  • “Which requisitions are waiting for approval?”
  • “Show my open opportunities”
  • “What are the opportunities at Acme worth?”
  • “Who are the consultants in the Sydney office?”
  • “What job categories and sub-categories do we use?”
  • “What work types are set up?”
  • “What locations and areas are set up?”
  • “What candidate statuses are available?”
  • “Which candidates have I floated to clients this month?”

Update

You see exactly what will change, and approve it first.

  • “Create a folder called “Q1 BA pipeline””
  • “Add these 5 candidates to the Q1 BA pipeline folder”
  • “Post the BA ad to SEEK”
  • “Update the BA ad text”
  • “Take the BA ad down”
  • “Create an opportunity at Bright Energy for 3 perm roles”

21 prompts

Your desk.

Questions that pull from several places at once, and updates that take several steps.

Ask

Reads from JobAdder. Drafts and summaries stay in the chat.

  • “Give me my Monday briefing: new applicants, interviews this week, overdue tasks”
  • “What should I focus on today?”
  • “Weekly report: jobs opened and closed, submissions, interviews, placements”
  • “Compare my activity this month with last month”
  • “Which clients gave us the most jobs this year?”
  • “What’s our average time to fill for jobs closed this quarter?”
  • “Which sources produce the most placements: SEEK, LinkedIn or referrals?”
  • “Who’s on my hot list: candidates at interview or offer stage?”
  • “Find candidates I placed 12+ months ago who might be open to a move”
  • “Find clients we placed with last year who have no open jobs now”
  • “Build a BD call list of contacts at clients with recent placements”
  • “Which of my jobs are at risk: open 30+ days with fewer than 3 submissions?”
  • “Summarise everything happening with Acme for my manager”
  • “Prepare an end-of-month summary for the team meeting”
  • “Find every record that mentions Westpac across candidates, companies and contacts”
  • “What’s changed on my desk since yesterday?”
  • “Write a handover summary of my desk while I’m on leave”
  • “Which candidates and contacts haven’t I touched in 30 days?”

Update

You see exactly what will change, and approve it first.

  • “After my call with Jane: log the note, move her to Interview, and create a follow-up task”
  • “Close out the BA job: mark it filled, reject the remaining applicants, and log a client note”
  • “For each candidate I submitted this week, add a follow-up task for Friday”

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