{"id":"pro-job-offer-thread-next-steps","audience":"job-seekers","category":"summarizing","technique":"grounding","title":"Pull your next steps out of a long offer email thread","free":false,"task":"You got a job offer, and the email thread with the recruiter is now 8 messages long. You want a note to yourself of at most 3 sentences, plain text, with what you must do next and its deadline in the first sentence. Use the start date and deadline from the latest message, and leave out the recruiter's small talk. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"The email thread (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Thread: Offer - Project Coordinator - Tallgrass Events\n\nNov 10, Bree (recruiter): Congrats again! Attached is your offer: $61,000, start date Dec 1. Please sign and return by Nov 14.\n\nNov 10, me: Thank you! Could the start date be Dec 8? I have a family trip.\n\nNov 11, Bree: Let me check with the hiring manager. Also, hope you're staying warm, it's freezing here!\n\nNov 12, Bree: Good news, Dec 8 works. I'll send a revised offer letter.\n\nNov 12, me: Great, thank you!\n\nNov 13, Bree: Revised offer attached (start Dec 8). Since it's a new letter, you now have until Nov 18 to sign. You'll also need to complete the background check form at the link in the letter - it takes 3-5 business days to process, so please submit it when you sign.\n\nNov 13, Bree: Oh and our team holiday party is Dec 12, you're invited! Totally optional.\n\nNov 14, Bree: Just checking you got the revised letter? No rush, Nov 18 is fine. Btw, the parking garage is on 5th St, I'll send details before your first day.","rules":[{"type":"maxSentences","max":3},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Using the first deadline","why":"The Nov 14 deadline is in the first email, and the AI may keep it.","fix":"Add: \"Use the deadline and start date from the latest messages.\"","checks":["r0","r1"]},{"title":"Not saying what goes first","why":"The AI retells the thread in order, so the to-do lands at the end.","fix":"Add: \"First sentence: what I must do next and by when.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Dropping the second task","why":"The AI mentions signing but skips the background check form.","fix":"Add: \"Include the background check form.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Asking for a summary","why":"The AI writes a bulleted recap with headings and the small talk.","fix":"Be exact: \"At most 3 sentences, plain text, no small talk.\"","checks":["maxSentences","plainText","r2"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Uses the latest message","patterns":["latest","most recent","revised","nov(ember)? 18","dec(ember)? 8"]},{"label":"Puts the to-do first","patterns":["first sentence","start with","lead with","what i (must|need to) do"]},{"label":"Skips small talk","patterns":["small talk","skip","leave out"]},{"label":"Limits the sentences","patterns":["\\d+\\s*sentences?","(one|two|three|four|five) sentences?"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no headings"]}],"hint":"Offer threads change as you go. Tell the AI to use the latest dates, what goes first, and to skip the chit-chat.","rubricLabels":["The first sentence says to sign the revised offer by Nov 18 (not Nov 14)","Says to submit the background check form when signing, and gives the start date as Dec 8 (not Dec 1)","Leaves out the small talk (weather) and has no greeting; the optional party and parking may be skipped"]}