JobSeek

A candidate-first job search and application platform β€” built around what job seekers actually do, not what job boards assume they do.


Research

Salary transparency is the one filter every single person reaches for first.

I surveyed 10 US-based active job seekers to find out where the real friction lives. Four findings shaped every decision that followed.

It wasn't a priority β€” it was the priority. Every respondent used salary as a primary filter, and most described scanning for a number before reading anything else about a role. 10/10 named salary as their top filter

Everyone tailors their resume by hand - job seekers report it’s most likely to slow them down

Manual resume tailoring was near-universal. People knew it mattered, knew it worked, and described it as the single most tedious part of applying β€” the step most likely to make them stop for the day.