Forty Letters

We apply to 100 jobs for you. Then we email the people hiring.

We find 100 open roles that fit you, rework your resume and answers for each one, and submit the applications. Then we find the hiring manager at your best 40 and write each of them a short email in your voice. If you don't get a first-round interview within 30 days, you get every dollar back.

$249 one time, for our first 25 sprints. It goes to $299 after that.
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Free for our first 5 people. We're running a small group in November at no cost. In return, tell us honestly how it went.

We read every intake before you pay anything. If we don't think we can get you a call, we'll tell you and you won't be charged.

Why email the person

Applying cold has gotten rough. Greenhouse says the average job got 99 applications in 2022 and 183 in 2025. Plenty of those are the same generic resume blasted out by bots, and the big applicant systems have started filtering them.

3%of regular applications get an interview
40%of referrals get an interview
183applications per job in 2025, up from 99

The first two are from Ashby's study of 38 million applications. The third is Greenhouse's.

So we do both. Enough applications, each one written for the job, that the odds are on your side even at 3%. And a short, specific email to the person who actually decides at your best 40, which is the next best thing to a referral. Both are a pain to do well, which is why almost nobody does them.

It won't get you to 40%. In my own search, about 6% of the companies I emailed got on a call with me. That's roughly double the cold application rate, and one of those companies hired me.

How it works

  1. Tell us what you want

    A 10 minute form: your resume, the roles you want, where, your pay floor, and a few companies you'd love to work at. We reply within one business day. If it's a fit, we send you a payment link.

  2. You approve the list

    Within 2 business days of paying, you get your 100 jobs. Cross off any you don't want and we replace them.

  3. We apply

    We submit your applications over the next week, up to 30 a day, each with your resume reworked for that job. You get a log with a screenshot of every application before it went in. Confirmations land in your inbox like any application would.

  4. You send 40 emails

    We hand you a short email to the hiring manager at your best 40 companies, plus one follow-up each. You send them from your Gmail. Replies come straight to you.

What you get

  • 100 applications to roles that fit what you want, at your level, in places you'd work, above your pay floor. You approve the list first.
  • A version of your resume for each job. Nothing new goes in. The same facts just get reordered and reworded for that role. We never add anything you didn't tell us.
  • Every form question answered from your resume and intake. If a question asks something we can't answer truthfully, we skip that job and pick another.
  • A named person at your best 40 companies, usually a founder at small startups or the hiring manager at bigger ones, with an address that passed a mailbox check.
  • A short email to each of them, written to sound like you, and one follow-up each.
  • A spreadsheet of every application and email, with a screenshot of each form, so you can see exactly what went out.

We apply on companies' own careers pages, the ones run by Greenhouse, Lever and Ashby. That covers most startups and a lot of tech companies. We skip any form that wants an account or a CAPTCHA.

The guarantee

If you don't get a first-round interview within 30 days, we refund the whole thing. Here are the exact terms. They won't change after you pay.

What counts as an interview

A live phone call, video call or in-person meeting about a job, with someone who works at one of the companies we applied to or emailed for you. A screening call with the company's own recruiter counts.

What doesn't count

Take-home tests or skills assessments, recorded one-way video, chatbot screeners, or calls with outside agency recruiters.

When the 30 days start

The day your last application goes in.

What you need to do

Approve your list within 3 days, send your 40 emails within 7 days of getting them, and send each follow-up within 3 days of the date we put on it. If you'd rather skip a company, tell us first. We'll swap it.

How to claim it

Email us within 15 days after your 30 days end. Say you didn't get an interview and tell us which companies wrote back, if any. We refund the full price to your card within 5 business days. One refund per person. There's no form, and you don't have to argue with anybody.

Who it's for

A good fit

  • You've done the job you want, or something close, for at least a year.
  • You want to work at a startup or a smaller tech company, where a founder or manager still reads their own email.
  • You're in the US, or you want a remote job at a US company.
  • You're fine with us applying in your name and with sending 40 short emails yourself.

Probably not a fit

  • It's your first job and you don't have internships or work to point to yet.
  • You're switching into a field you haven't worked in.
  • You're after big companies, government or jobs that need a license. The people hiring there mostly don't answer cold email.
  • You want 1,000 applications blasted out. We do 100, each one written for the job, on purpose.

If you're not sure, fill out the form anyway. We'll tell you honestly before you pay.

Why we started this

This summer I was looking for a new sales job. I did it two ways at once. I applied the normal way, about 155 times. And I emailed people at the companies directly: 918 emails to people at 437 companies. I checked every address before I sent anything.

27 companies got on a first call with me. Every one of those 27 had gotten a direct email from me first. 8 of them never saw an application at all.

The job I took came from one cold email to a founder. I never applied. They wrote back in 3 hours, and I had an offer 5 days after that first email.

I'm in sales, so writing a cold email is pretty much my job, and that helped. Your numbers won't look exactly like mine. That's why there's a refund. But most of those six weeks went to grinding: finding companies that fit, filling out the same forms over and over, finding the right person and making sure the address was real. We do all of that now. You send 40 emails.

From the founder

Questions

Do you need my Gmail password?

No. We never ask for it and we never log into your email. We hand you the drafts and you send them yourself, from your own account, one at a time.

Do you touch my LinkedIn?

No. We don't log into LinkedIn, Indeed or any account of yours. We apply on each company's own careers page, the same public form anyone fills out, using your details.

What counts as an interview?

A live first-round call or meeting about a job with someone who works at one of the companies we applied to or emailed for you. Their in-house recruiter counts. Tests, recorded video, chatbots or agency recruiters don't. The full terms are in the guarantee.

How does the refund work?

Email us from the address you signed up with, within 15 days after your 30 days are up, and tell us which companies wrote back. That's the only question. Then we refund you. The money is back on your card within 5 business days.

How fast is it?

We answer your intake within one business day. Your list of 100 jobs comes within 2 business days of paying, applications go in over the following week, and your 40 emails come with the first batch.

Do you use AI?

Yes. Software finds the jobs, reworks your resume, fills in the forms and drafts your emails. Everything it writes comes from what you gave us, and every application is logged with a screenshot so you can check it. Your 40 emails go out only when you send them.

Will my emails look like spam?

They come from your own address, to one person per company, written about that company. Forty emails over a week is normal for a personal account. Each one also ends with an easy out, something like "if this isn't a fit, just say so and I won't follow up."

What if an email bounces?

A few still might, even after the check. Tell us and we'll find someone else at that company or swap it for a new one.

What happens to my resume?

We use it for your sprint and nothing else. We delete it, along with your drafts, 60 days after your sprint ends, or sooner if you ask. We don't sell it or share it with anyone who isn't helping us do the work. The privacy policy lists who that is.

Can you promise me a job?

No, and be careful with anyone who does. We can get you in front of the right people. We can't do the interview for you.

$249. 100 applications sent, 40 hiring managers found, and every email written.

That price is for our first 25 sprints, then it goes to $299. Full refund if you don't get a first-round interview in 30 days.

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