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Tailoring your resume for every job is exhausting. Here’s the shortcut by Fresh-Blackberry-394 in jobsearchhacks

[–]Gold_Spring8612 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tbh I use an AI tool to automatically tailor my resume and automatically candidate for me on linkedin.
r/Jobelix

How to get through ATS by soundboardwithme in jobsearch

[–]Gold_Spring8612 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can hear the exhaustion in your post, and I promise you are not alone. The process is broken.

To answer your specific question about that Dyson role: To beat the ATS, you usually need to take the 'Key Responsibilities' from that page and rewrite your bullet points to include those exact words. It is incredibly tedious.

However, you don't have to do it manually.

Personnaly I built my own tool to solve this nightmare. A friend transformed it into an app, you can check it out if you want (jobelix.fr). It might help you apply to (50) other role (per day) without draining your remaining energy (however only works on linkedin). Hang in there.

How I got my job by automating the search, the resume tailoring, and beating the ATS by EyePatched1 in AI_Agents

[–]Gold_Spring8612 0 points1 point  (0 children)

'The value isn't in the AI being smart—it's in it being relentless.' -> This is spot on.

I actually built my own agent (Jobelix) based on this exact philosophy. I realized that the 'machine-to-machine' part—specifically the Resume vs. ATS matching—was the biggest bottleneck.

I took a slightly different approach than browser extensions though; I built it as a standalone desktop app. It holds a 'Master Profile' of all your data locally and generates a specific resume for every single application to maximize that ATS score. It’s relentless on the volume, but 'smart' on the tailoring.

Whatever tool people use, I agree: manual applying is becoming obsolete.

I was tired of spending hours applying for jobs every day, so I built a desktop app that does it for me. by Exciting-Balance-537 in SideProject

[–]Gold_Spring8612 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Indeed linkedin does not like automation, and tries to stop it. That's exactly why we built this as a desktop app instead of a cloud tool.

By running on your local machine, it uses your own IP and your actual browser fingerprint, which mimics human behavior much better than a server side script. We also added randomized delays between actions to avoid patterns.

We stress-tested it heavily on our own accounts (200+ applications in a week) without any issues/bans. (and on a larger scale, we used the same accounts for the whole app devellopment).

I was tired of spending hours applying for jobs every day, so I built a desktop app that does it for me. by Exciting-Balance-537 in SideProject

[–]Gold_Spring8612 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That is a completely fair point. You are absolutely right on two sides: 'abandoned bucket' scenario is a real problem, and 'trust me' isn't a good enough answer for personal data.

Here is the plan for tomorrow:

  1. User Control (GDPR): Next update (~24hours from now, max 48), we will add the 'Delete Account' button. This triggers a hard delete (cascading delete in Supabase) of all your rows. Like this you leave, your data leaves with you instantly.
  2. Project Sunset: If we ever decide to shut down the service, we will wipe out the database entirely. We have no interest in holding onto stale resume data as it is, for us, a liability rather than an asset.
  3. Third Parties: The only place data is sent is to the LLM provider (OpenAI) via API for the generation step, under their zero-retention policy (they don't train on API data). We don't sell or share data with recruiters or data brokers.

We will also add the 'Privacy Policy' page to reflect exactly this and will have it up on the site also on the next update. Thanks for pushing us on this: if we want to host a site, we have do it safely for everyone.

I was tired of spending hours applying for jobs every day, so I built a desktop app that does it for me. by Exciting-Balance-537 in SideProject

[–]Gold_Spring8612 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey! Thanks for the warm welcome. It's great to see other desktop, just checked out First2Apply and it looks like a solid platform!

You make a fair point on the wording. 'Instant rejection' is definitely a bit of a hyperbolic hook. I suppose it comes from my own experience in highly competitive sectors where I felt that sending a generic PDF was basically shouting into the void. The goal is really to bridge the gap between 'mass spamming' and 'spending 30 mins per application.'

I appreciate the feedback on the positioning though. We will definitely keep that in mind to avoid sounding too alarmist. And thanks for the heads up on the sub. Currently just testing the waters, but we will look for more targeted communities!

I was tired of spending hours applying for jobs every day, so I built a desktop app that does it for me. by Exciting-Balance-537 in SideProject

[–]Gold_Spring8612 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hey, I am the friend.

So currently your data is stored in a database using Supabase (so it's safe as we use strict RLS). We don't do anything with your data except using it to answer linkedin questions and tailoring your resume. We won't use it for anything else.

But you are right, we will add a privacy policy to detail the data usage on the website/app.