# Get a daily job shortlist with AI

> Researched. Work · Intermediate · Research. Updated 2026-11-02.

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## What it does
Set up a daily scheduled AI task that finds new job posts for your target roles, scores them against your criteria and sends a shortlist of 5.

## Who it's for
Job seekers who spend an hour a day scrolling boards and want a short, scored list instead.

## Tools
- ChatGPT or Grok Bot with scheduled tasks and web search
- Your criteria: roles, pay floor, location, dealbreakers

## Steps
1. Write your criteria: 2 or 3 target titles, pay floor, location or remote, and 3 dealbreakers.
2. Create a daily scheduled task with the prompt below. OpenAI documents scheduled tasks in ChatGPT as one-time or recurring, with push or email notifications.
3. For the first week, open every link and check the score was fair. Adjust your criteria if not.
4. Apply only to the shortlist; skip the rest.
5. Add each one you apply to into your application tracker.
6. Review the criteria every two weeks.

## Copy-paste prompt
Adapt bracketed fields to your situation.
```text
Every weekday morning, search for job posts from the last 24 hours and send me a shortlist.

Target roles: [TITLES]
Pay floor: [AMOUNT]
Location: [CITY OR REMOTE]
Dealbreakers: [e.g. no salary listed, unpaid trial work, relocation]

For each post: score 1 to 10 against my criteria and give one line why.
Drop reposts of the same job, posts older than 7 days, and posts with no company name.
Send only the top 5, each with the link. If fewer than 5 fit, send fewer. Do not apply to anything.
```

## Guardrails
- What it touches: Connected mail, calendar, sheets, or chat. Scoped to this job (ChatGPT or Grok Bot with scheduled tasks and web search; Your criteria: roles, pay floor, location, dealbreakers).
- Needs your OK: Send, pay, publish, and account changes stay with you. Treat agent output as drafts first.
- Safety level: Read-only
- Criteria too broad, so the shortlist is noise.
- Trusting the score without opening the post.
- Letting the task apply on your behalf.

## Tips
- Specific titles beat broad ones; add the titles companies actually use.
- A pay floor filters faster than anything else.
- Five a day you apply to well beats fifty you skim.

## Estimates (labeled, not measured)
- Time saved: About 30 to 60 minutes a day.
- Money saved: Not stated in sources.
- Tool cost: Scheduled tasks depend on your plan. Prices: Not stated in sources.

## Sources
Summaries use the public sources below, not independent verification.
- OpenAI: https://help.openai.com/en/articles/10291617-scheduled-tasks-in-chatgpt (Scheduled tasks in ChatGPT: one-time or recurring tasks with push or email notifications; project files not available to tasks (read 2026-10-31 through a page fetch tool, not a direct browser open))
- OpenAI: https://help.openai.com/en/articles/9237897-searching-the-web-with-chatgpt (Searching the web with ChatGPT: answers with current information and links to sources; responses may include citations (read 2026-11-02 from a search result excerpt of the page))

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