Kandiq's job search tools

A job search goes through the same steps every time, from the resume to the hiring manager's answer. Kandiq's job search tools cover each one:

Start from a blank page, a PDF or Word file, or your LinkedIn profile's PDF export. Paste a job posting and the AI suggests each bullet in the posting's words, next to yours; you choose what stays. When a bullet needs a number, it asks you for the real one. Tailoring a whole resume to a posting uses 5 AI credits. Writing and editing are free; PDF and Word downloads come with Kandiq Pro. What it doesn't do: translate a resume, or invent experience.

Large employers run applications through an applicant tracking system (ATS) before a recruiter searches them by keyword. A resume the software misreads doesn't lose points; it drops out of the search. The ATS checker reads your file the same way, across 12 checks: contact details it can extract, standard section headings, one column, dates with month and year, real text in the PDF, and no photo, which US recruiters don't expect. The score comes from fixed rules, so the same file always gets the same result. What it doesn't do: reproduce one company's software. It checks what blocks automated reading in general.

Paste the posting and attach your resume, the only source of facts the AI may use. Kandiq then reviews the draft with no AI: length, posting terms covered, the company named in the body, a figure, placeholders left behind. Each letter uses 2 AI credits; a new account gets 5, and Kandiq Pro adds 20 a month. What it doesn't do: know why you want this company. That part is yours.

US resumes don't carry a photo, but your LinkedIn profile does. Upload a recent, front-facing selfie and pick a style (neutral studio, office, formal or outdoor): in about a minute, the tool creates headshots and selects the best ones. Your selfie is sent to our AI provider and isn't kept afterward. Headshots are part of Kandiq Pro, 3 per subscription month. What it doesn't do: retouch your photo. It generates a new image, so keep the one that looks like you.

The mock interview asks 9 recruiter questions drawn from a real posting and your resume. You answer in writing or out loud, and each answer is reviewed before a scored report. It's included in Kandiq Pro, with 2 sessions a month.

The job application tracker turns each application into a card: paste a posting link and the details fill in, then move it from Saved to Applied, Interview, Offer and Closed. Kandiq tells you when to follow up, checks whether the posting is still online and measures, with no AI, how much of it your resume covers. What it doesn't do: read your inbox or apply for you.

Kandiq isn't a job board. Postings live on LinkedIn, Indeed, company career pages and, for federal jobs, USAJOBS; you apply there yourself. Set alerts on those sites, then use Kandiq to make each application fit the posting.