AI Career Intelligence

Your career has a backstory.
Let's turn it into your next offer.

Build your career story once — every job you've held, every win, every skill. Career Backstory analyzes postings against your real background and assembles a tailored resume and cover letter in minutes, not hours.

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AI-powered semantic matching 5 resume formats Built by a job seeker, for job seekers
How It Works

One library. Every application.

Most job seekers rewrite their story from scratch every time. Career Backstory asks for it once, then reuses it — matched to whatever's actually in front of you.

1

Life Distiller

Tell your career stories in your own words — guided prompts, free-form writing, or an interview-style flow. Claude turns them into structured, reusable entries.

2

Job Posting Analyzer

Paste any posting. Get a fit assessment, gap analysis, and "why it fits" narrative grounded in your actual background — not a generic keyword scan.

3

Resume Assembly

Generate a tailored resume and cover letter in one of five formats — from a full recruiter packet down to a single page — pulling your best-matching content automatically.

4

Your Library

Every bullet, competency, skill, and tool you've ever used — organized, ranked, and searchable in one place. Edit anytime, nothing gets re-typed.

5

Reports

Track every posting you've analyzed and every resume you've assembled, with status and dates, so nothing falls through the cracks.

Why It's Different

Real matching, not keyword stuffing

S

Semantic matching, not keyword matching

Career Backstory uses AI embeddings to understand what a posting is actually asking for, then surfaces the parts of your background that genuinely fit — even when the wording doesn't match exactly.

L

One library, reused forever

Your competencies, skills, tools, and career stories live in one place — and it doesn't stop growing once you land this job. Keep adding certifications, promotions, awards, and volunteer work for years to come, so it's ready for whatever comes next.

G

Grounded in your real background

Fit assessments and gap analysis are checked against what you've actually done, not guessed at from posting text alone — so the narrative holds up when you're asked about it.

"I built this because I was living the problem — job searching is a full-time job, and I was retyping the same accomplishments into a different shape every single day."
— Stephen R. Cherico, Founder
Career Backstory grew out of a personal job-search tool built during a real search. It's now a standalone platform — the same career-intelligence engine, rebuilt for anyone who wants their story working for them instead of against them, application after application.
Pricing

Simple, usage-based pricing

One straightforward ladder — no persona tiers, no surprise caps. Every plan pools job postings, resumes, and cover letters together, so you're never stuck with the wrong kind of credit.

Try It

See it work first

$1.99 one-time
One per account
  • 1 job posting analysis
  • 1 resume
  • 1 cover letter
Get Started — $1.99
Best Value

6-Month Prepay

$99 one-time
Buy 5 months, get the 6th free — billed once
  • 900 job posting analyses total
  • 180 resumes total
  • 180 cover letters total
Get Started — $99
Sign up and you'll be taken straight to secure checkout (powered by Stripe) — no separate account setup step.
Questions about plans? Email hello@careerbackstory.com.
Community & Nonprofit Partners

Low-cost access for workforce and reentry programs

Career Backstory partners with local workforce-development, reentry, military transition, and community outreach programs to provide low-cost access for the people they serve — invoiced to the organization, no credit card needed from participants.

This is a hands-on, early-stage partnership program right now — tell us about your organization below and we'll follow up directly.

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