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How we know what we tell you.
A hard truth is only worth paying for if you can see what it rests on.
This page lists our sources, the label each claim carries, and what the report cannot tell you.
The sources
Four sources. Each one named.
Your CV
We read the text you upload or paste, line by line. Your name, employer, title and achievements are used only when they appear in it.
Your answers
The decision you are weighing, your role, location, runway, risk tolerance and timeline. These are your words, and the report treats them as your account, not as verified fact.
Public market pages
When your report is built we search public pages about your role and market. Each finding is kept with a link to the page it came from, and the PDF shows that link.
Our judgement
The analysis is written by AI models following a fixed method. Where a conclusion has no quote or finding behind it, it is our judgement, and it is labelled as that.
The evidence labels
Every hard claim says where it comes from.
Gaps, hard truths, objections and the places you fit best each carry one or more of these labels. The label is set by a check that runs after the text is written, not by the writer.
From your CV
Used only when the quoted line is found word for word in the CV you sent. If the line is not there, the quote is removed.
From the market
Used only when the claim cites a finding that the market search actually returned.
You told us
The support is something you stated in your answers. We did not verify it.
Our estimate
Nothing verifiable supports the claim. It is our reading, so it is never presented as a fact.
The checks
What the system refuses to do
- 01A quote that is not literally in your CV is dropped before the report is assembled.
- 02A name, employer or achievement that cannot be found in your CV never reaches the report.
- 03A pay figure appears only when the market search returned a pay signal for your role. Otherwise the report tells you how to establish your number.
- 04Company names are not suggested unless a market finding cites them. You get employer types, job titles and search strings instead.
- 05If the market search returns nothing, the report says that no market data was retrieved and makes no market claims.
The case against our answer
We argue with our own verdict.
Each report includes the strongest argument against what we told you, what would change our answer, and the checkpoints that test it.
How it is labelled
Two futures
The stay path and the move path at 6, 12 and 24 months, with a milestone and the main risk at each point. Both are scenarios, so the whole section carries the estimate label.
How it is labelled
AI exposure by task
Each task of your role is marked as automates, shares with AI or stays human. The section is an estimate. A source link is shown only when the page appeared in the market search for your report.
The limits
What this report cannot tell you.
We would rather you know this before you pay than find it out after.
It is not professional advice.
It is an analysis to help you decide. It does not replace legal, financial or medical advice.
It can be wrong.
AI models make mistakes, and so do public pages. Check any claim that will carry weight in your decision.
It sees only what you give it and what is public.
It cannot see internal pay bands, what your manager really thinks, or a reorganisation nobody has announced.
Odds and timelines are estimates.
They describe how your profile reads today. They are not a forecast you can hold us to, and nothing here guarantees a job, a promotion or a salary.
It is a point in time.
Markets move. The report reflects your CV and the market on the day it was built.
If we got your data wrong
Correct it and we rebuild the report once, free.
Within 7 days of purchase, from the report page. The refund policy covers the rest. Questions about a source: hello@careerreadout.com.