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How long will your
job search actually take?

Upload your resume, describe your target role, and get a probabilistic forecast, not a pep talk. We tell you what's blocking your search and what you can realistically do about it.

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Example forecast output

Job Search Reality Check

Senior Product Manager · Remote

Conditional fit

Estimated time to offer

Manual search18–32 wks
Generic auto-apply28–56 wks
Referso-assisted9–16 wks
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Biggest blocker: Remote-only constraint + salary above market benchmark

Top actions

1.Include hybrid roles to expand job pool by ~3×
2.Quantify resume impact with measurable metrics
3.Reduce target salary by 8% to reach market range

Illustrative example, market data not yet live

How it works

Three steps · about 5 minutes

1

Upload your resume

Drop your PDF or DOCX. We extract skills and experience signals. Your file is deleted immediately, we store only anonymized structured data.

2

Describe your search

Tell us your target role, location, salary, and how you plan to run your search. We use this to calibrate your timeline.

3

Get your forecast

We compare three paths and tell you what's driving the timeline, what's blocking you, and what you can realistically change.

What you get

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Time-to-offer range

Estimated weeks across three job search strategies, not a single optimistic number.

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Referso fit score

An honest assessment of whether Referso will materially help, or not.

Top blockers

The specific constraints limiting your search, ranked by impact.

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Actionable levers

Three things you can actually change to improve your forecast.

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Market difficulty score

How competitive your target market really is right now.

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Privacy-first

Resume deleted after analysis. No account. Share card contains zero PII.

Honest by design

We'll tell you if Referso won't help

If your target market has low demand, your profile is already well-matched, or your constraints are too narrow, we say so directly. The forecast shows you what to change and whether Referso is the right tool for your search.

"You want VP, fully remote, and $600k, and there are three matching jobs. Three. You built a machine that deletes opportunities, turned it on, and now we're investigating why the opportunities are gone. The math isn't the resume's fault. Change a damn variable." — Roast mode

"Referso may not materially outperform manual search for your profile."

"Referso can help, but only if you include hybrid roles."

"Your target market has very low demand. Networking may serve you better."

Find out where your search actually stands

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