Career Booster

Career Booster

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How Career Booster works, and what to click when something isn't clear. Can't find your answer? Write to federico.spatola03@gmail.com.

Getting started

What is Career Booster?

Your own networking assistant. You keep the firms you're going for, the people you meet and the jobs you apply to in one place, and your own Claude reaches out for you: it finds the right person in the right team at a firm and writes them a personal email, saved as a draft in your Gmail.

What do I need?

A Google account to sign in, the Claude app on your computer with a paid Claude plan (Pro or higher), and Gmail. Google Chrome with the Claude in Chrome extension is optional, and makes emails better.

Where do I start?

Setup walks you through it in four steps: your industries, the teams you want, connecting Claude, and About me (upload your CV and your Claude fills it in). Once it's done, go to Outreach and click Reach out.

Your Claude

Why does it run in my own Claude?

So your logins stay yours. Your Claude works on your computer, with your Gmail and your Chrome. Career Booster never sees your Claude, Gmail or LinkedIn passwords; it only keeps your firms, About me and people.

What does the Claude pill at the top mean?

Green means your Claude is listening: anything you start here is picked up within seconds. Red means it isn't, usually because the Claude app was closed. Click the pill and follow the window: it opens Claude with a message typed in, and you press Enter. Keep the Claude app open; minimised is fine.

Can I close my laptop while it works?

Not until it's done. Everything runs in Claude on your own computer, not on our servers, so closing the lid or letting it sleep pauses the work. Keep it open and awake while the bar under Reach out is moving; a few firms usually take about ten minutes. Minimising the Claude app is fine.

I quit the Claude app. Did I lose anything?

No. Anything you asked for waits, and starts as soon as your Claude is listening again.

How do I connect again, or disconnect?

In Settings, Claude, Gmail & LinkedIn: Connect again, or Disconnect.

Reaching out

What happens when I click Reach out?

Your Claude picks the right people at the firms you chose, in the team you're going for (M&A bankers at a bank, not anyone there), checks them on LinkedIn, and writes each one a short, personal email asking for a 15-minute chat. Each email lands in your Gmail drafts. You follow its progress under the button and in the bell.

Can I reach out to several firms at once?

Yes. Your Claude works on up to five firms at the same time, each in its own helper, so five firms take about as long as one. More than five wait their turn and start as soon as one finishes. Only LinkedIn goes one person at a time, to keep your account safe.

Does it use up my Claude plan?

Yes, it runs on your own Claude plan. Writing to people uses Claude's strongest model, so the research and the emails are as good as they can be. The hourly Gmail check uses a lighter one. If your plan's limit is reached part-way, the firms not finished show why in the bell, and you can try them again later.

Does anything get sent in my name?

Never. Your Claude only writes drafts. You read each one, change what you like, and send it (or schedule it) yourself in Gmail.

What will the emails say about me?

Only what your About me says, nothing else. Keep it complete and true in Settings, About me, and put anything it must never bring up underNever mention. The tone, subject line and sign-off are in Settings, How emails sound.

When should I send them?

Tuesday to Thursday, between 8 and 9 in the morning in their time zone, works best. In Gmail, open the draft, click the arrow next to Send, choose Schedule send, then Pick date & time.

Gmail, follow-ups and questions

How does Career Booster know I sent an email or got a reply?

Your Claude checks your Gmail every hour while it's listening, with a quick, lighter model: what you sent or scheduled, replies, bounces, and follow-ups that are due. For a sooner look, open the bell and click Check now next to the Gmail line.

Who writes the follow-ups?

Your Claude, as drafts in the same Gmail conversation: a short nudge after a week without a reply, and one last one a week later. You send them.

I don't want to send one of the emails. What do I do?

Delete the draft in Gmail. At its next look (every hour, or when you click Check now next to the Gmail line), your Claude sees it isn't in Drafts, Sent or Scheduled, marks that person Not sent on the firm, and never picks them again. The next time you reach out there, it writes to someone else.

Claude asked me a question. What do I do?

When your Claude finds something it can't explain, like an address that keeps bouncing or someone who seems to have left the firm, it asks instead of guessing. Open the bell and pick the answer that fits, like find someone else at the firm. The answer does the rest.

LinkedIn checks

Why does Claude look at LinkedIn?

To see each person's current title, past firms and schools before writing, so the email is right and personal. It reads only the people it picks, slowly, in your own Chrome where you're already signed in. Even when it's working on several firms at once, it opens LinkedIn for one person at a time, with a pause in between, so your account stays well under LinkedIn's limits and is never flooded. It closes its tab when it's done.

How do I turn it on?

Install Claude in Chrome, click its icon in Chrome's toolbar and sign in with the same Claude account as the Claude app, and stay signed in to LinkedIn. Then click Check again in Settings, Claude, Gmail & LinkedIn.

Does outreach work without it?

Yes, from public sources only. Titles can be out of date, so check each person on LinkedIn before you send.

Firms, People and Targets

What's the difference?

Firms are the firms you're going for, and where you reach out from. People are the contacts you're building a relationship with, with a reminder when one is due a message. Targets are the firms you're applying to, from first contact to offer.

How do I add or remove an industry, or change my teams?

On Firms, click Industries & teams in the top card. Tap the teams you want in each industry, add an industry to bring in its top firms, or remove one and its firms. Your People, Targets and outreach history stay.

Someone replied. Now what?

On Outreach, under Needs you, click Add to People next to them, and keep the conversation going from there.

Who changes my Targets?

You. Your Claude reads your recruiting emails once a day and suggests changes (an interview, an offer, a rejection), but nothing changes until you accept it on Targets.

Your data and privacy

Can my university see my workspace?

No. Your firms, people, About me and outreach are yours alone.

Can I get a copy of my data, or delete it?

Both, in Settings, Account: Download my data gives you everything in one file, and Delete account removes your account and workspace straight away. Your Gmail drafts stay in your Gmail. More in the privacy policy.