Free pilot Prioritizing laid-off candidates

Laid off? Let's get you back to work.

We find the relevant jobs, reach the right recruiters, and follow up — so you get interviews.

Engineering roles first: Backend Frontend Full-stack AI Backend Forward-Deployed (FDE) more soon
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Free for laid-off candidates. A few engineers doing this in our own time. No fees, no commission.

No interview preparation. We help you get the interview.

How it works

A focused process, done with you.

Six steps, done by hand, with you in the loop at every one of them.

  1. 01

    Tell us about yourself

    Your experience, target roles, locations and preferences.

  2. 02

    Find the right opportunities

    We identify relevant openings across different sources.

  3. 03

    Find the right people

    We identify recruiters, hiring managers and founders relevant to those opportunities.

  4. 04

    Reach out

    We help you approach the right people instead of blindly applying everywhere.

  5. 05

    Track & follow up

    We keep track of applications, contacts, responses and follow-ups manually during the pilot.

  6. 06

    Get the interview

    We help turn relevant opportunities and thoughtful outreach into genuine interview conversations.

Why this is different

Portals show you thousands of jobs. Nothing moves.

Candidates need to get noticed, not see more listings. Recruiters get lakhs of applications they cannot read. We keep both lists short.

Where this is heading

  • Cold email 1 of 300 in an inbox Ignored
  • An intro they trust Shortlist already checked Interview

That trust is the moat, and it is earned slowly — not switched on. Today this is a small pilot done by hand.

  • Recruiters we actually identify

    Every recruiter we share is one we identified for your target roles — not a scraped list. Mostly funded startups hiring engineers right now.

  • Genuine openings only

    Only roles that are actually being hired for right now. If an opening goes stale, it comes off the list — no ghost jobs.

  • Real evaluation, by tech people

    Engineers check the fit before anything moves — so you aren't sent where you'll be rejected, and recruiters get a few profiles worth reading.

Hire or help

Three ways to put someone back to work.

Free for everyone, on every side. We reply personally, usually within a day.

You're hiring

Post a role, get a shortlist

Leave your role and contact details. We check candidates first, then send a handful of matching profiles to your email or WhatsApp.

We reply to every role. No fee, no commission, no contract.

Post a role
You're interviewing

Share where you interviewed

Every company you spoke to and every recruiter who replied is a live lead someone else can use. Share the ones you're not pursuing.

Costs you nothing. Opens a door for someone laid off, or anyone looking for a better opportunity.

Share a contact
You want to help

Refer someone, or join us

A referral at your company, an intro to a hiring manager, or time helping us run this. Every extra pair of hands means more candidates we can take.

The fastest way to help someone you've never met.

Offer help

Early pilot

Starting small, learning what actually works.

This pilot has 10 candidate spots — honestly how many a small group can help properly by hand, alongside our own jobs. More people helping means more candidates we can take.

Laid-off engineers are where we start, not where we stop. They need it most urgently, so they get first call on our time. Career switchers and anyone looking for better — apply anyway, we will help when we have room.

As this grows we will automate the repetitive parts. Whatever it becomes, our intent is that people who were laid off never pay.

If you are hiring, can refer someone, or want to help us run this — that is what raises the number. See how you can help →

Already getting started

50+ recruiter contacts 2 candidates joined organically 10 candidate spots

Join the pilot

Apply in a few minutes

A short Google Form. We read every application and reply if it is a fit. Engineering roles — backend, frontend, full-stack, AI backend, FDE.

Apply for the pilot

Small pilot · 10 candidate spots

Curious what it looks like? See a sample journey

Clear scope

Before the interview, not for it.

Jobs → Right people → Outreach → Follow-up → Interview. That is our entire focus.

We currently help with

  • Finding relevant jobs
  • Identifying the right people
  • Thoughtful, direct outreach
  • Tracking applications & responses
  • Follow-ups that get replies

Not yet — these come later

  • Mock interviews
  • DSA preparation
  • Interview coaching
  • Interview question preparation

No interview preparation. We help you get the interview.

Free tools worth using

Useful whether or not you join the pilot.

Not affiliated, and we earn nothing from listing them. Just tools we use ourselves.

ResumePuppy

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Startup engineering roles, where recruiters and founders reach out to you directly.

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Questions before applying?

We can tell you whether this pilot is useful for your profile.

The Relaunch team

We reply personally

relaunch.pilot@gmail.com LinkedIn

Current collaborators helping this mission

Want your name here? Join us — more hands means more candidates we can take on.

Application form coming soon.