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…me is matching keywords from the job description to my existing bullet points, not rewriting the whole thing. i use applyarc for that it highlights what to change without making your resume sound like a robot wrote it. but tbh you can also just paste the jd into chatgpt and ask it to compare.…
View original on Redditprops for building at 16, signed up to check it out im working on [applyarc](https://applyarc.com/) —> ai resume scorer that tells you exactly why you're getting ghosted by recruiters. upload your cv, get a score, fix whats broken, track every application in one place built it cos i kept mass…
View original on Redditmost people apply to 50+ jobs and never realise their resume is the reason they get ghosted not the market built applyarc cos i was doing the same thing. now it scores your resume, shows you exaclty whats broken and gives you a fix plan before you waste another application…
View original on Reddit…versions of your resume were used, it’s hard to know what’s actually breaking. That frustration is part of why I built ApplyArc.io, to help turn a job search into something measurable instead of just emotionally…
View original on Reddit…that" or "I am excited to bring my expertise to your team." no human writes like that. ever. I found one tool (applyarc) that actually strips those patterns out automatically. like it has a list of banned chatgpt-isms and rewrites around them. the output still needs tweaking but at least…
View original on Reddit…if they say project management you say project management not managed projects i paste my resume and the jd into applyarc 's free resume thing and it shows me what keywords im missing. takes like 2 min per app and my callback rate went way up once i started doing it consistently. before that…
View original on Reddit…your cv says 'handled finances' thats the same thing but the recruiter skimming 200 cvs wont catch it i started using applyarc for this bc i was applying to like 25 jobs a week and kept missing obvious stuff. it just shows u whats in the job description thats not in ur cv. no fake score no…
View original on Reddit…from the job description into my resume. like not just vibes, actually pulling the specific phrases they use. i used applyarc for that bc it has this job match thing that scores ur resume against the posting and tells u whats missing the cover letters from it are... ok? better than chatgpt raw…
View original on Reddit…means recruiters spend 6 seconds on yours regardless of your score. stopped paying for jobscan months ago, moved to applyarc which is way cheaper and the keyword check is honestly the same quality. but the real fix was finding the hiring manager on linkedin direct, 3 sentences with one specific…
View original on Reddit…auto apply spams stuff, teal tracks it, jobscan gives a score, chatgpt writes bits, and the job search is still chaos. applyarc is basically the bundled version i wish existed earlier: save the JD, keep the resume version you sent, compare against the role without wrecking your original cv, track…
View original on Reddit…2 weeks after months of nothing only free thing that showed me what the ATS actualy sees (not another fake score) was applyarc. stoped me chasing numbers at…
View original on Reddit…signal is always in the data whats ur apps to screen conversion rate? if its under 2% something specific is broken. applyarc helped me see i was consistently underqualified on one key requirement across 80% of my apps. fixed that, rate went…
View original on Reddit…something specific is off, not general bad luck track which types of roles ur applying to and where theyre converting. applyarc is helped me a bit to see that80% of my apps were going to roles i was slightly underqualified for. tightened targeting and went to a couple of interviews in a…
View original on Redditthe beat is accepting its the norm and moving ur mental energy forward faster applyarc helped a bit more than any mindset trick. 20+ apps in a kanban means a ghost is just one tile moving and an single-application obsessing is what destroys u,. seeing the full pipeline fixed that for me
View original on Redditfinal round rejections often come down to internal preference or budget not ur performance keep the pipeline full amd thats the main thing. applyarc to track it. when u have 8 actives a final round rejection stings but u bounce back. one app at a time is what kills u
View original on Reddit…time on companies that ghosted me after 2 weeks instead of following up on the ones that actually responded. I use applyarc now, mostly because the chrome extension saves jobs straight from linkedin without me having to copy paste everything manually. free tier tracks 100 jobs which was more…
View original on Reddit…the job says ;stakeholder management; and you did that for 3 years but your cv says "worked with teams" instead i use applyarc for this, its free to check and it just shows you the gaps between your cv and the specific job listing. not a fake score out of 100, just heres whats missing and heres…
View original on Reddit…to do. job says stakeholder management and ur cv says worked with teams instead and same skill different words i use applyarc for this it just shows the gaps between ur cv and the job description. no fake score just heres whats missing fix it move on. way quicker than reading every listing word…
View original on Redditteal+ ai is just gpt with a prompt wrapper. free bookmark extension is the only bit actually worth keeping.,. cancelled and moved to applyarc, way cheaper and the tracker is honestly cleaner
View original on Redditbeen there. at that rate something structural is wrong not bad luck track what ur applying to role type, seniority, source. applyarc does this well. patterns show up fast and usually its either targeting too broad or the cv opening isnt matching the roles ur going for
View original on Reddit…i actually follow up. i was losing track of where i applied when i used indeed/linkedin without any system been using applyarc for the tracking + keyword matching part, and cheaper than teal/ huntr too which was important bc im not trying to spend $40/mo while unemployed lol networking still…
View original on Redditwhat works better imo is a tool that shows you what keywords youre missing and lets you decide what to change. applyarc does this plus tracks all your applications in a kanban board. free tier is solid. but yeah if youre expecting any ai tool to write a perfect resume with zero editing youre going…
View original on Reddit…or match advertised range only free thing i found that shows what the ATS actualy parses (not a made up score) is applyarc. no upsell good luck to him, sounds…
View original on RedditI built ApplyArc, a privacy-first job application tracker. During my own job search I realized how quickly things get messy. Applications, recruiter emails, interview notes, follow ups, and different resume versions all end up scattered across spreadsheets and inbox folders. ApplyArc organizes…
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