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How to recirculate a requirement

Written by Max Kemplen

🎯 Goal

Recirculate an existing society-published requirement to members, refreshing visibility, flagging a material change, or resetting engagement when matches have slowed.

❓ Why

A requirement circulated six weeks ago has faded from members' inboxes. Recirculation is a deliberate nudge, reminding the market that your applicant is still live and sharpening the signal when something about the brief has changed. Used well, it reactivates dormant interest; used badly, it becomes noise.

🔍 Overview

Recirculation cadence is once per fortnight. When you recirculate you can edit the mailer subject, body, and update any of the requirement's details before re-sending.


📊 Step-by-step

  1. Open the requirement → Search Criteria tab.

  2. Go to Society Publishing.

  3. Click Prepare Email & Recirculate. Kato shows the next allowable date (fortnight cadence from the last circulation).

  4. Update the requirement details if anything has changed — budget, location, specifics.

  5. Edit the mailer subject and body to reflect what's different or why you're recirculating.

  6. Confirm the society(s) and send.


✅ You've done it when…

Members have received the refreshed mailer and the requirement shows freshly circulated in the society Requirements feed. Expect an uptick in match requests within a day or two for well-pitched recirculations.

💡 Common mistakes & pro tips

  • Never recirculate unchanged. If nothing has moved, a recirculation says "still looking" — which members know. Give them something new: budget flex, expanded area, preference change.

  • Use fortnightly cadence sparingly. Hitting the max recirculation every two weeks across multiple requirements signals your briefs aren't progressing. Members notice.

  • Strong subject lines win. "Legal firm now open to fringe locations" or "Budget revised to £90/sq ft" is more compelling than "Re: acquisition reminder".

  • Comp Schedule / Market Research requirements can't be recirculated — these don't email members in the first place.


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