Built for recruiters & staffing agencies
The AI cold email engine that books client and candidate calls for recruiters
Stop choosing between filling reqs and chasing new business. FirstSales warms your domains, personalizes every message from the role and the candidate, and follows up autonomously — so your client and candidate calendars fill while you place.
- 87% primary-inbox placement vs the 60-70% high-volume recruiters settle for
- AI writes every email from the role, the candidate, and your firm — not a mail-merge blast
- Autonomous follow-up keeps both clients and candidates warm without a single manual touch
- Launch in 8 minutes, unlimited mailboxes, from $29/mo
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Why recruiters switch
Outreach that fills reqs, not spam folders
Hiring managers and passive candidates are buried in recruiter spam. The messages that get replies land in the inbox, speak to the specific role or career, and follow up. FirstSales does all three automatically — on both sides.
Lands in the primary inbox
21-day AI warm-up, free list cleaning, and SPF/DKIM/DMARC done right push you to 87% inbox placement — so your client BD and candidate sourcing aren't capped by the spam folder.
Speaks to the role and the person
The AI writes from a knowledge base of your open reqs, ideal client profile, and candidate context, so every email reads like your best recruiter sent it — across hundreds of roles at once.
Books calls on autopilot
It follows up with hiring managers and candidates until they reply or book, then routes the reply to you. You wake up to a calendar ofclient and candidate calls.
How it works for recruiting
From cold list to booked call in three steps
Point FirstSales at your target accounts and your candidate pool, and let the AI run the two-sided outreach your desk never has time for.
Connect your mailboxes and warm up
Plug in your sending accounts and let the 21-day AI warm-up build sender reputation with real conversations before a single hiring manager or candidate is touched.
Unlimited Google and SMTP/IMAP mailboxes Separate client BD and candidate sourcing across dedicated sending addresses.
21-day automated reputation warm-up New agency domains earn inbox trust before a hiring manager or candidate is contacted.
Guided SPF, DKIM, and DMARC setup Authentication checked and fixed upfront so high-volume recruiter sends avoid spam filters.
Feed the AI your roles and candidates
Drop in your open reqs, ideal client profile, and candidate details. The AI uses your knowledge base to write personalized outreach for each role and each person — not one template for everyone.
Per-workspace req and candidate knowledge base Open reqs, client criteria, and candidate profiles stored so every email reflects the actual role.
AI personalization from role and candidate data Title, experience, and career trajectory shape the message each person receives.
On-brand copy across every role at full volume Agency tone stays consistent whether the email goes to a hiring manager or a passive candidate.
Let it send, follow up, and book
FirstSales sends to clients and candidates, monitors deliverability, and follows up autonomously until they reply or book a call — then hands the conversation to you in a unified inbox.
Autonomous multi-step follow-up Both client and candidate sequences run to completion without a recruiter scheduling each touch.
Real-time deliverability monitoring Domain health tracked continuously so high send frequency never tips into spam.
Unified inbox with reply handling Client and candidate replies land together in one place for fast recruiter action.
Proof, not promises
Recruiters who let the AI run the outreach
Agencies use FirstSales to run the client BD and candidate sourcing that used to eat their whole week, and get the replies to show for it.
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What you get
Everything a recruiting team needs to run cold email that converts
Deliverability, AI writing, and automation in one platform — so you don't stitch together a verifier, a warm-up tool, and a sequencer just to get a hiring manager or a candidate to reply.
Land in the inbox, not promotions
Warm-up, free cleaning, authentication, and live monitoring protect every domain so your high-volume recruiting outreach stays in the primary inbox at scale.
21-day smart warm-up Sending reputation built gradually so high-volume recruiter outreach lands in primary inboxes.
Free automated list cleaning Stale contacts and catch-all addresses removed before they damage sender reputation.
Real-time inbox monitoring Alerts fire the moment a domain drifts, protecting both client BD and candidate pipelines.
Personalization that sounds human
The AI researches each hiring manager and candidate and writes from your knowledge base, so a 5,000-contact campaign reads like 5,000 one-to-one emails.
Knowledge-base-grounded copy Open req details and client criteria anchor each outreach rather than a mail-merge placeholder.
Per-contact personalization Candidate experience and hiring manager seniority each shape the angle of the message.
Your voice, your roles Agency tone and role specifics stay intact even at hundreds of sends per day.
Follow-up that never forgets
Multi-step sequences with smart stop-on-reply mean every hiring manager and candidate gets the follow-ups that actually book calls — without your desk lifting a finger.
Autonomous follow-up sequences Hiring managers and candidates each receive timed follow-ups without a recruiter tracking each thread.
Smart stop-on-reply Sequence stops the instant either side responds, so no follow-up fires after a positive reply.
Books calls around the clock Outreach continues outside desk hours so passive candidates reply on their own schedule.
Before & after
What changes when recruiting outreach runs itself
The old way burns domains and recruiters. The FirstSales way fills both pipelines — clients and candidates — while your team focuses on placements.
- Emails land in spam
- High-volume recruiter sends hit promotions or spam and both pipelines are capped before they start.
- Mail-merge blasts
- Generic templates ignore the specific role or candidate, so reply rates from clients and candidates flatline.
- Follow-ups slip
- Busy recruiters forget to follow up, and most clients and candidates go cold in the gap.
- Burned domains
- Aggressive sending without warm-up torches sender reputation and your agency domain.
- Stitched-together tools
- A verifier here, a warm-up tool there, a sequencer somewhere else — and a bill to match.
- Time split two ways
- Chasing new clients steals the hours you need to source candidates — and the desk never wins both.
- 87% inbox placement
- Warm-up, cleaning, and authentication keep your client and candidate outreach in the primary inbox at scale.
- AI-personalized at scale
- Every email is written from your knowledge base to the specific role, client, or candidate.
- Autonomous follow-up
- The AI follows up with both sides until a reply or a booked call — nothing slips.
- Protected reputation
- Smart throttling and live monitoring keep every domain healthy.
- One platform
- Deliverability, AI, and automation in a single tool from $29/mo.
- Both pipelines, no trade-off
- Run client BD and candidate sourcing at the same time without adding headcount.
How we compare
FirstSales vs the tools recruiters usually stack
Most recruiting teams duct-tape a sending tool to a verifier and a warm-up service. FirstSales does all of it — and writes the client and candidate emails too.
| What matters | FirstSales | Other tools |
|---|---|---|
| Primary-inbox placement | 87% average | 60-70%, no guardrails |
| 21-day AI warm-up | Included | Paid add-on or none |
| Free list cleaning | Included | Pay a separate verifier |
| AI writes from role & candidate context | Included | Static mail-merge |
| Autonomous follow-up to booked call | Included | Manual sequences |
| Two-sided outreach (clients + candidates) | Included | One list at a time |
| Unlimited mailboxes | Included | Per-mailbox pricing |
| Entry price | $29/mo | $80-200+/mo stacked |
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