Best Free Prospecitng Tool for job search?

Hello WR,

Hope you're all staying sane. Part of my job search is finding hiring managers and cold messaging them/building rapport and a prospecting tool would make life a lot easier.

However, I no longer have access to my work email and I'd rather not pay monthly for a CRM/prospecting tool.

My thought process is this.

• Find a relevant Hiring manager for the role I'm interested in/get a referral

Send a message like this "

“Hi {name}, Based on my success in Account Management at 'X', I thought I might be a good fit for the Account Executive/Account Management role at {Company}, It looks like you know {name} who may be the hiring manager, would I be able to get an introduction?”

• If they say no/can't help you etc, I respond with:

"I appreciate your response!

Should I find another candidate who fits the job description provided, I’d be happy to refer them to you. If you find any roles that you feel I would be a better fit for, I’d be happy to hear about them as well."

And do this at volume to get past applying for the roles through LI or the company website.

I had a few interviews last week that went well, but they passed on me for people with more closing experience/people from Salesforce.

Any thoughts on how I could improve this or maybe pointers for how to proceed?