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Resources/Skill Profile

Step 02

Fine-tune your profile.

Adjust skill levels, set your target roles and salary, define dealbreakers. Tell the scoring engine exactly what you want and what to skip. You control the algorithm. Not the other way around.

Step 2

Your skills & preferences

React / Next.js
5/5
TypeScript
4/5
Python
3/5
AWS / Cloud
2/5
GraphQL
4/5

Target

Sr. Engineer

Min Salary

$140K

Work Style

Remote

What you can adjust

After the AI parses your resume, you get full control over your profile. Every data point can be adjusted:

  • Skill levels: Rate each skill from 1-5. The AI suggests levels based on your resume, but you know your strengths better.
  • Target role: Tell the engine what you are looking for. This filters and weights results so you see relevant jobs first.
  • Minimum salary: Set a floor. Jobs below your minimum still show up but are flagged so you can make informed decisions.
  • Work style: Remote, on-site, or hybrid. Filter results to match how you want to work.

These preferences feed directly into the scoring algorithm. When a job listing comes in, the engine knows exactly what matters to you and weights the score accordingly.

Why this matters for scoring

A generic profile produces generic scores. The more precise your profile, the more meaningful each score becomes. A 91 on a well-tuned profile means something very different than a 91 on a default one.

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Job Board Scanning