02 · Recruitment Automation

AI Job Application
Assistant

A webhook-triggered n8n workflow that scrapes a job description, rewrites a CV to match the role, generates a tailored cover letter, saves the application to Notion, and creates a Gmail draft — completely hands-free.

n8n Webhook OpenRouter LLM Notion Gmail Web Scraping

The Problem

Applying to jobs manually is repetitive and time-consuming — tailoring a CV and writing a unique cover letter for each role takes 30–60 minutes per application, most of which is copy-paste busywork.

The Solution

One webhook call kicks off the entire pipeline. The workflow scrapes the job post, rewrites the CV for that specific role, drafts a cover letter, logs everything to Notion, and queues a Gmail draft — in under a minute.

By the numbers

9+
Nodes in pipeline
3×
LLM calls per run
<1m
End-to-end runtime
0s
Manual effort

How it works

01
Webhook trigger A single POST request kicks off the workflow — pass a job URL and it handles everything from there.
02
Edit Fields — prepare inputs The incoming payload is normalised: job URL, base CV text, and candidate name are extracted and structured for downstream nodes.
03
HTTP Request — scrape job description The workflow fetches the raw job posting page and strips it down to the essential text — title, responsibilities, and requirements.
04
HTTP Request 1 → OpenRouter — rewrite CV The scraped JD and base CV are sent to an LLM via OpenRouter. The model rewrites the CV to mirror the job's keywords, tone, and priorities.
05
Edit Fields 1 — format rewritten CV The LLM response is cleaned, formatted, and passed forward as structured text ready for both Notion and Gmail.
06
HTTP Request 2 → OpenRouter — generate cover letter A second LLM call uses the role description and the rewritten CV to produce a personalised, role-specific cover letter.
07
Edit Fields 2 → HTTP Request 3 — score the match A third LLM call scores the CV-to-JD fit, highlights gaps, and returns improvement suggestions — stored alongside the application.
08
Edit Fields 3 → Create a page in Notion The job title, company, rewritten CV, cover letter, match score, and timestamp are saved as a new page in a Notion database — a full application log.
09
Create a draft in Gmail A ready-to-send Gmail draft is created with the cover letter in the body and the tailored CV attached — one click to apply.

Workflow screenshot

n8n Job Application Assistant workflow canvas
01 — n8n workflow canvas: Webhook → Scrape → CV rewrite → Cover letter → Match score → Notion → Gmail draft

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