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How a CV becomes a decision.
Eleven stages, one output: a report that tells you what the market sees, what it rewards, where each path leads, and the move with the highest leverage.
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How we know: sources, labels and limitsStage 01 / Intake
You tell us the move.
A short intake captures your CV, your current role and the move you are weighing. The more precise the target, the sharper the analysis.
- 01Your CV
- 02Current role
- 03Target move
- 04Context and constraints
Analysis brief
One structured profile of you and your target.
Stage 02 / Evidence
We extract the evidence.
Your CV is read for what it proves, not what it claims. Your name, employer and strongest lines are taken from it word for word, so the report is written about you, and a name or achievement that is not in your CV never reaches it.
CV excerpt / signals extracted
- Led migration of billing platform to microservicesScope
- Responsible for sprint planning and reviewsWeak ownership
- Reduced checkout latency 38% across 4 teamsImpact
- Worked with stakeholders to deliver featuresVague
Illustrative excerpt. In your report, every claim is tied to evidence found in your own CV.
Every hard claim carries one of these labels
- From your CV
- From the market
- You told us
- Our estimate
The label is set by a check, not by the writer: a CV label needs a line that is literally in your CV, and an estimate is never shown as a fact.
How we know: sources, labels and limitsStage 03 / Recruiter screen
We screen you like a recruiter.
A fast-screening model reproduces the six second read: what stands out, what is ignored, the red flags and the objections that end the process early.
Recruiter view
00:06Where a recruiter's eyes land in six seconds. Everything else is skipped.
- 01Title and level read first
- 02Company names set the frame
- 03Numbers stop the scroll
- 04Vague verbs get skipped
Stage 04 / Market
We benchmark you against the market.
Your signals are compared with what the target role rewards, using current market information, so you see the distance, not an opinion.
Positioning score
62
Benchmark 78.
Illustrative values. In your report these come from your own CV and the market.
Stage 05 / Outlook
We show you both futures.
The stay path and the move path are projected at 6, 12 and 24 months, with a milestone and the main risk at each point. Then your role is read task by task for its exposure to AI.
If you stay
- 6monthsSame scope, a clearer promotion case
- 12monthsThe promotion is decided, one way or the other
- 24monthsSenior scope, or a title that has stalled
If you move
- 6monthsInterviews running on the rewritten CV
- 12monthsA new role and your first results in it
- 24monthsLead scope, if the results hold
AI exposure, task by task
- First-draft production workAutomates
- Research synthesisShares with AI
- Deciding with stakeholdersStays human
Example content. Both sections are estimates and are labelled that way in your report. A source link is shown when there is one.
Stage 06 / Where you land best
We find where you fit.
Not every employer reads you the same way. You get the kinds of employer where your evidence counts most, the job titles to search and search strings ready to paste.
Example employer type
Growth-stage B2B software
Why you fit: Your shipped work maps to what these teams hire for.
Watch out: Expect a hands-on test.
Example employer type
Scale-up with a new design function
Why you fit: Your ownership evidence counts double where the function is young.
Watch out: Title may come before the team.
Job titles to search
Search string, ready to paste
"design lead" AND (B2B OR SaaS) AND remote
Stage 07 / Gaps to plan
Every gap becomes a signal.
No generic advice. Each gap is turned into an action that produces something a hiring manager can see and verify.
Gap
No visible ownership of decisions
Action
Publish a case study of one decision you owned
Hiring signal
Leadership artifactGap
Impact described, never measured
Action
Rewrite top 3 projects with business numbers
Hiring signal
Measurable outcomeGap
Title does not match scope
Action
Run a promotion case with documented scope
Hiring signal
Committee-ready proofStage 08 / Roadmap
You get a 90 day plan.
A dated, measurable 30/60/90 day action plan, with the honest odds, timeline and risks attached. The two strongest proof pieces come with a brief you can start on today. The longer view, at 6, 12 and 24 months, is in your two futures.
Days 1 to 30
Fix the signal
- Rewrite CV evidence
- Ship the first proof artifact
Days 31 to 60
Make it visible
- Publish the case study
- Open targeted conversations
Days 61 to 90
Convert
- Run the interview loop
- Negotiate from evidence
Every item lists the deliverable, the proof of execution, the expected outcome, the difficulty and the risk of failure.
Proof brief, one of two (example)
- What to build
- A case study of one decision you owned
- Scope
- One problem, one result, two pages
- Done looks like
- A stranger gets the result in one read
- Ten-second view
- The number, then your part in it
Stage 09 / Decision rules
You know when to change course.
Each checkpoint has a measurable signal and two branches. Then we argue against our own verdict, so you decide with both sides on the page.
Day 30
Rewritten CV sent to ten target roles
If met: Keep the plan.
If not: Fix the proof before sending more.
Day 45
Two first-round interviews
If met: Raise the target.
If not: The CV is still the problem.
Day 90
One offer, or a final round
If met: Negotiate from evidence.
If not: Re-read the case against.
The case against our answer
One paragraph with the strongest argument against the verdict, what would change it, and the checkpoints above that put it to the test.
Example checkpoints. Yours are tied to the deliverables in your own roadmap.
Stage 10 / Scripts
You get the words to use.
The plan ends in conversations. The report gives you the lines for the ones that decide the outcome.
01
Negotiation script
An opening, an anchor, what to say to a no, what to say to a counter, and your walk-away line. A pay figure appears only when the market data supports one.
02
Objections
The five doubts an interviewer, your manager or a promotion committee will raise about you, each with an honest answer built from your CV.
03
LinkedIn text
A headline and an About section in the first person, written from your evidence, ready to copy.
Stage 11 / Delivery
It lands in your inbox.
Your ten-chapter report arrives by email as a link and a PDF. With it come the 30/60/90 day action plan, your two futures at 6, 12 and 24 months, an ATS-ready CV rebuilt from your own experience, and a spoken briefing you can listen to anywhere.
01
Online report
Ten chapters, open anywhere from the link in your email, and yours to come back to as you execute.
02
Designed PDF
Printable and shareable, built like a book: strong typography, charts and diagrams.
03
Audio briefing
A spoken briefing of your verdict, your odds and your next moves, for the walk or the commute.
04
ATS-ready CV
A Harvard-style CV rebuilt from your own experience, written to pass applicant tracking systems.