User Manual

Getting Started with JobSeeker-AI

JobSeeker-AI helps you create professional, tailored resumes, cover letters, and networking emails — powered by AI that never fabricates your experience. Everything is based on what you actually tell it.

Your workflow has three steps:

1. Build your profile (once)
2. Find a job you want to apply for
3. Generate tailored documents in seconds

Your profile is the foundation. The more detail you provide, the better every document becomes. You only build it once — then generate as many resumes as you need.

Building Your Profile

Your profile captures your complete career history. You have three ways to build it — all three produce the same structured profile that powers resume generation.

AI Career Coach

The AI Career Coach guides you through a structured conversation to build your profile from scratch. It asks you about your work history, accomplishments, education, skills, and career goals — one question at a time.

Time required: 20–45 minutes depending on your experience level.

Before you start, have these ready:

• Companies you've worked at, with job titles and dates
• Key accomplishments and metrics from each role (numbers, percentages, dollar amounts)
• Education details (degrees, schools, graduation years)
• Certifications you hold or are pursuing
• Any notable projects you want to highlight

How it works:

1. The coach identifies your career level (fresh graduate, individual contributor, manager, senior manager, or executive) from your first response
2. It maps your complete work history before diving deep into any one role
3. For each company, it asks 4–10 questions depending on how long you were there
4. It covers education, skills, certifications, and career goals after work history
5. When complete, your answers are organized into a structured profile automatically

Saving and resuming:

Your progress is saved automatically after every response. If you close the browser or need a break, return to Profile → AI Career Coach and choose “Continue Where I Left Off.”

Upload a Resume

Upload an existing resume in PDF or DOCX format. The AI extracts your information and organizes it into the standard profile structure.

Supported formats: PDF, DOCX

Steps:

1. Go to Profile → click “Upload Resume”
2. Drag and drop your file or click to browse
3. Wait for extraction (usually 10–20 seconds)
4. Review the extracted profile on the review screen
5. Edit anything that wasn't captured correctly

Paste Text

Copy and paste any text — your LinkedIn About section, an old resume, bullet points you've written — and the AI organizes it into your profile.

Steps:

1. Go to Profile → click “Paste Text”
2. Paste your content into the text area
3. Click “Analyze & Build Profile”
4. Review the result on the review screen

What works well with Paste:

• LinkedIn profile text (copy from your LinkedIn page)
• Old resume text copied from a document
• Bullet point lists of accomplishments
• Any career summary you've already written

Reviewing & Editing Your Profile

After any profile input method completes, you'll see your profile organized into sections for review. This is your chance to verify everything was captured correctly and fill in any gaps.

What you'll see:

• A completeness score (aim for 80%+)
• Any items flagged for attention highlighted in yellow
• All sections collapsed by default — click any section to expand

Editing a section:

1. Click the Edit button on any section header
2. Make your changes in the form that appears
3. Click Save — changes are applied immediately

Adding missing items:

Each list section (Work Experience, Education, Certifications) has an “+ Add” button at the bottom. Use this to add jobs, degrees, or certifications that weren't captured.

Completeness score:

The score reflects how much information is present. Key factors:

• Contact information complete (name, email, phone, location)
• At least one work experience entry with achievements
• Education with graduation date
• Skills listed
• Professional summary present

Generating Documents

Once your profile is built, go to the Generate page to create tailored documents for a specific job.

Steps:

1. Paste the job description into the Job Description field
2. Select what you want to generate (Resume, Cover Letter, Networking Email — or all three)
3. Click Generate
4. Review the output
5. Download as DOCX or PDF

Every document is tailored to the specific job description. The AI selects the most relevant parts of your profile and emphasizes the skills and experience that match the role.

Tailored Resume

The resume is generated in reverse chronological order, tailored to match the job description's language, required skills, and priorities.

What gets tailored:

• Professional summary — rewritten to match the target role
• Work experience bullets — reordered and reworded to emphasize relevant accomplishments
• Skills section — filtered to show the most relevant skills first
• Section ordering — adjusted based on your career level and the role

Formats available: DOCX (editable in Word), PDF

Cover Letter

The cover letter is generated in a professional business letter format, referencing specific details from both the job description and your profile.

Structure:

• Opening paragraph: Why you're interested in this specific role and company
• Body paragraphs: Your most relevant accomplishments mapped to the job requirements
• Closing: Call to action

Networking Email

A short, professional outreach email designed for reaching out to a contact at the target company — not a cold application email, but a genuine connection request.

When to use it:

• You know someone (or know someone who knows someone) at the company
• You want to reach out to a recruiter or hiring manager on LinkedIn
• You're doing informational interviews

Format: Short (3–4 paragraphs), conversational but professional, asks for a conversation rather than a job.

Job Search

The Job Search page helps you find relevant job postings and match them against your profile.

Manual Search

Search for jobs by keyword, location, and other filters. Results come from live job boards in real time.

Steps:

1. Go to Job Search → Manual Search tab
2. Enter your search terms (job title, skills, company name)
3. Select location preference
4. Click Search
5. Browse results — click any job to see the full description
6. Save jobs you're interested in with the bookmark icon

AI Job Matching

The Matches tab shows jobs scored against your profile. Each match includes a percentage score showing how well your background aligns with the role.

How matching works:

1. You set your job preferences (target titles, location, industries, experience level)
2. The AI searches for relevant jobs based on your preferences
3. Each job is scored against your profile using semantic matching
4. Results are ranked by match percentage

Match score guide:

• 80%+ — Strong match — your profile aligns well with the requirements
• 60–79% — Good match — most requirements covered, some gaps
• Below 60% — Partial match — consider whether it's worth applying

Scheduled Searches

Set up daily or weekly automatic job searches so new matching jobs appear in your Matches tab without manual searching.

Steps:

1. Go to Job Search → Job Preferences tab
2. Set your target job titles, location, and preferences
3. Click “Generate AI Search Queries” — this saves your preferences AND creates smart search terms
4. Under Schedule, select Daily or Weekly
5. New matches will appear in your Matches tab automatically

Interview Prep

Interview Prep helps you practice for a specific job by generating tailored questions and conducting mock interviews — all based on your profile and the job description.

Steps to start:

1. Go to Interview Prep
2. Paste the job description
3. Choose your resume source (your profile, a saved asset, or paste text)
4. Select mode: Question Pack or Mock Interview
5. Set difficulty (Easy, Medium, Hard) and interview types

Question Packs

A question pack generates a full set of interview questions AND model answers based on your profile and the job description — all at once, for study and preparation.

What's included:

• 10 questions (default) grouped by category: Leadership & Execution, Role-Specific/Technical, Behavioral/Situational
• For each question: an ideal answer outline with 3–5 bullet talking points
• Answers use only real experience from your profile — nothing is fabricated

Best used for: Studying before an interview, identifying which accomplishments to prepare stories for, understanding what the role will focus on.

Mock Interview

The mock interview simulates a real interview. The AI asks one question at a time, you answer in the text field, and it gives you scored feedback after each response.

How it works:

1. The AI asks an opening question
2. Type your answer as you would speak it in a real interview
3. Submit — the AI scores your answer and gives specific feedback
4. Read the feedback and improved example, then move to the next question

Mock Interview Scoring Guide

Each answer is scored on a 0–5 scale by an AI evaluator acting as an experienced hiring manager:

The STAR method (what a 4–5 answer looks like):

• Situation: Set the context briefly
• Task: What were you responsible for?
• Action: What specifically did YOU do? (Not “we” — you)
• Result: What was the measurable outcome?

My Assets

My Assets is your library of every document you've generated — resumes, cover letters, and networking emails.

What you can do:

• View any saved document
• Download as DOCX or PDF
• Rename documents to keep them organized (e.g., “Resume — Walmart IT Director — March 2026”)
• Delete documents you no longer need

Organization tip: Name each resume after the company and role you applied for. This makes it easy to track which version you sent where.

Account & Billing

Manage your subscription, view usage, and update payment information from Settings → Account.

Plans:

Upgrading:

Go to Settings → Billing → click Upgrade. Enter the promo code BETA100 during beta for 100% off your first month.

Cancelling:

Go to Settings → Billing → Manage Subscription. You can cancel anytime. Your access continues until the end of your billing period.

Refunds:

See our Refund Policy for details.

Tips & Best Practices

Profile tips:

• Be specific with accomplishments. “Reduced costs” is weak. “Reduced software licensing costs by $800K over 18 months through vendor consolidation” is strong.
• Include metrics wherever possible: team size, budget, revenue impact, percentage improvements, time saved.
• Use “I” not “we” — even in team settings, describe your specific role and contribution.
• Don't leave out older jobs. Even positions from 10+ years ago may be relevant for certain roles.

Resume tips:

• Generate a separate resume for every application — it takes 10 seconds and significantly improves ATS match rates.
• Paste the full job description, not just the title. The more the AI knows about the role, the better the tailoring.
• If the generated resume is too long, look at your profile's completeness — very detailed profiles produce longer resumes. The AI selects the most relevant content, so a longer profile isn't a problem.

Interview tips:

• Practice answering out loud, not just reading. The mock interview text input is a proxy — the real challenge is speaking clearly.
• A score of 3 is passing, not good. Aim for 4 on every question.
• If you get a 0 or 1, read the improved example carefully — it shows exactly what the answer should have included.

Troubleshooting

My resume doesn't look right / missing information

Check your profile first — the resume is only as good as the profile. Go to Profile → review each section. Missing information in the resume almost always means it's missing in the profile.

The AI Career Coach isn't responding / I'm stuck

Refresh the page. Your session is auto-saved, so no progress is lost. If the coach asks a question you can't answer, you can type “skip” or “I don't have information on that” and it will move on.

I can't find my generated resume

Go to My Assets. All generated documents are saved there automatically. If you don't see it, check that the generation completed (the loading spinner should have disappeared and a success message appeared).

My job matches aren't relevant

Update your Job Preferences. Go to Job Search → Preferences, refine your target titles and location, then click “Generate AI Search Queries” to refresh the search terms. Matches improve significantly with a complete profile.

Interview scoring seems off

Scores reflect the quality of your typed answer. A short or vague answer will score low even if you know the material well. Try writing out your full answer in STAR format before submitting.

I want to start my profile over

Go to Profile → scroll to the bottom → “Delete Profile.” This removes your current profile data. You can then rebuild using any of the three methods. Note: previously generated resumes in My Assets are not deleted.

Something else isn't working

Contact us at support@jobseeker-ai.com — describe what you were doing and what you expected to happen vs. what actually happened. Screenshots are very helpful.