A job search CRM that turns your contacts into warm introductions.
Confreres keeps every recruiter, hiring manager and former colleague in one place, then shows you which of them is one introduction away from the company you are applying to, and writes the ask for you.
Why a referral beats an application
Not because of a statistic. Because of what physically happens to your resume.
It reaches a person
A referral routes your resume to someone with a name instead of into a filter that ranks it against four hundred others.
It changes the question
Someone vouching for you turns "is this worth a call?" into "when can we talk?". You are no longer arguing for your own credibility from scratch.
It tells you things
You get information the job post does not have: what the team is actually stuck on, and what they are really hiring against.
How a warm intro actually happens
Four steps, and only the first one takes any real effort.
Bring your people in
Import from LinkedIn and Google in one click, or connect Gmail and Calendar so the people you already talk to show up on their own. Recruiters, hiring managers, former colleagues, all in one place instead of scattered across your inbox.
Network Leverage
You have connections at 3 target companies
- Vercel 1 connection
- Datadog 2 connections
- Figma 1 connection
Confreres finds the overlap
The Network Leverage panel lines your network up against the companies already in your job pipeline and tells you where you have a way in, and how many people deep it goes. No searching, no guessing which of your contacts happens to work where.
Pick who to ask
A three-step Request Introductions flow: choose the people, say which role you are after, and review everything before a single message goes anywhere.
Send the ask
Confreres drafts it. Send it by email from Confreres, or copy it and send it however you actually talk to that person.
Hi Sarah Chen,
I hope you're doing well! I'm reaching out because I'm very interested in Stripe, and I noticed you have experience there.
I would like to know if you are connected to the hiring manager of the Software Engineer role in the payment engine team?
A contact list is not a CRM
Most job trackers will let you type in a name. That is storage, not a system.
A contact list
- Names in a list you never revisit
- No connection between a contact and the role you are chasing
- Cold outreach you have to compose yourself, every time
- No sense of who has gone quiet and who is worth a check-in
A job search CRM
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Contacts tied to the companies and roles in your pipeline
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Your extended network surfaced against your target companies
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Introduction requests drafted for you, one click from the contact
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Reconnect prompts and monthly goals so relationships do not decay
Your CRM after you land the job
This is the difference between a job tracker and a CRM. A tracker is finished the day you sign. The people who helped you get there are still worth knowing in three years, when it is your turn to make the introduction or theirs to ask.
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Reconnect surfaces the people you have not spoken to in a while
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Monthly goals for connections, meetups and reaches, so it stays a habit
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The whole history stays, so the next search starts warm
It is a CRM and a job tracker in one
The two halves are only useful together. Knowing you have a connection at Datadog matters because Datadog is already sitting in your pipeline at the Screening stage, and knowing the role is stalled matters because there is someone you could ask about it.
One tool, simple pricing, unlimited potential
Start with a 7-day free trial. Cancel anytime before it ends and you won't be charged.
Basic
Everything you need to manage your job search
- Unlimited contacts
- Outreach message drafts
- Interview journal
- Job pipeline tracking
- Request introductions
- Import from LinkedIn & Google
Pro
AI-powered tools to supercharge your search
- Everything in Basic
- AI outreach draft generation
- Smart email suggestions
- Smart calendar suggestions
- AI-powered insights
- Future AI-powered features
Your card will be charged after the 7-day trial ends. Cancel anytime during the trial at no cost.
Job search CRM questions
What is a job search CRM?
A contact manager built around a job search instead of a sales pipeline. Every recruiter, hiring manager and former colleague lives in one place, tied to the roles you are pursuing, with reminders to stay in touch. Confreres adds the step a generic CRM cannot: turning those contacts into introductions.
How does Confreres find who can introduce me?
It matches the people in your network, imported from LinkedIn and Google plus anyone surfaced from connected Gmail and Calendar, against the companies in your pipeline. The Network Leverage panel shows which target companies you have connections at and how many.
What does the introduction request actually say?
You pick the person and the role, and Confreres drafts a short, specific note asking whether they are connected to the hiring manager for that role. You can edit it, send it by email from Confreres, or copy it and send it yourself.
Will asking for a warm introduction feel pushy?
The version that feels pushy asks for a job. Confreres drafts a smaller ask, whether they are connected to the hiring manager for a specific role, which is easy to say yes to and easy to decline. You review every message before it goes.
Do my contacts need a Confreres account?
No. Requests go out as ordinary email, or as a message you copy and send however you normally talk to that person. Nobody you are asking has to sign up for anything.
Ask for one introduction this week
Import your contacts, see which of your target companies you already have a way into, and send the first ask. It takes about ten minutes.
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