Chrome extension
Capture the job from the active page while you browse.
How it works
From first capture to final outcome.
A job search is not one action. CareerGauge keeps the source, decisions, and work around an opportunity connected from the moment you find it to the final result.
The CareerGauge career lifecycle
- 1
Understand
Build your career baseline
- 2
Capture
Save the opportunity
- 3
Evaluate
Analyze the opportunity
- 4
Decide
Pursue, hold, or close
- 5
Prepare
Build the application packet
- 6
Manage
Track interviews and follow-up
- 7
Learn
Preserve outcomes and history
Step 1 | Understand
Build your professional baseline.
Turn your resume and professional context into evidence you can use for better decisions.
What you provide
- Resume
- Career goals
- Preferences
- Constraints
What CareerGauge creates
- Structured professional context
- Career Insights
What it enables
- Future opportunities can be evaluated against the same baseline
Step 2 | Capture
Bring in the opportunity your way.
Capture an opportunity from the web or enter it directly in CareerGauge. Save it first, or analyze it against your professional baseline when you are ready.
Browser capture
- Open the Chrome extension
- Review the detected job
- Save or Save & Analyze
CareerGauge web input
- Enter or paste the opportunity
- Review the source information
- Save or start analysis
One result
- A captured opportunity with source context
- Analysis remains optional
CareerGauge web app
Enter or paste opportunity information directly in CareerGauge.
Step 3 | Evaluate
Analyze a real opportunity.
When you choose to analyze, compare the saved opportunity against your professional evidence—not generic keyword similarity.
What you provide
- A job description or captured opportunity
CareerGauge examines
- Requirements
- Evidence
- Gaps
- Constraints
- Available context
What you receive
- A Decision Brief
Step 4 | Decide
Choose where the effort is worth investing.
Review why an opportunity appears worth pursuing—or why it may not be. CareerGauge surfaces evidence, uncertainty, and the factors that could materially change the recommendation.
Explore career decisionsPursue
Strong fit and worth the investment.
Hold
Some potential; more information needed.
Close
Not a strong fit right now.
Rationale for this opportunity
- Evidence grounded in your experience.
- Constraints and uncertainty stay visible.
- A practical next move follows the decision.
Step 5 | Prepare
Build the application in context.
Working documents can evolve. Submitted packets preserve what was actually sent, connected to the opportunity and its decision.
Master Resume
Your complete professional history
Tailored Resume
Adapted for this opportunity
Cover Letter
Aligned to the role and your narrative
Application Packet
The documents you actually submitted
Step 6 · Manage
Keep the pursuit connected.
One opportunity becomes the context for the work it may lead to: your analysis, documents, conversations, interviews, and progress.
Decision Brief
Analysis and recommendation
Documents
Resume, cover letter, more
Contacts
People and conversations
Interviews
Rounds, feedback, notes
Follow-up
Tasks and reminders
Outcome
Results and key learnings
Step 7 | Learn
Preserve what happened.
Record the result and the context around the pursuit so the next search does not begin without history.
Explore interviews and follow-upOutcome
Record whether you pursued, passed, withdrew, or received an offer.
Timeline / history
Preserve the decisions and events that brought the opportunity to its result.
Key notes
Keep the context and reflections that make the history useful later.
The same opportunity context follows you through the lifecycle.
The CareerGauge career lifecycle
- 1
Understand
Build your career baseline
- 2
Capture
Save the opportunity
- 3
Evaluate
Analyze the opportunity
- 4
Decide
Pursue, hold, or close
- 5
Prepare
Build the application packet
- 6
Manage
Track interviews and follow-up
- 7
Learn
Preserve outcomes and history
Start with a real career question.
Evaluate a specific opportunity or begin by understanding your professional baseline.
Choose your starting point
Both paths retain the same evidence-backed context as your search progresses.