Resume and work history
Upload your resume so AI can extract roles, responsibilities, and measurable outcomes automatically.
Build one profile recruiters can actually find.
Your TraceRoster profile is designed for discovery. Add your resume, work history, skills, target roles, availability, and location preferences once. Then let AI structure your profile so it is easier to surface in recruiter searches that use plain English — not just exact keyword matches.
What to include in your profile
A strong profile gives matching systems and recruiters enough context to understand your fit. Add these once and keep them current.
Skills with context
List skills alongside where and how you used them, so they read as real experience rather than keywords.
Target roles and seniority
Tell us the roles you want next and your level, so you surface for the right searches.
Availability and location
Share notice period, remote preferences, and locations you can work in to match real hiring needs.
Outcomes and impact
Describe results — what changed because of your work — not just the tasks you were assigned.
Portfolio and links
Add work samples, repositories, or case studies that back up your strengths.
How recruiters search candidates
Recruiters increasingly search in natural language instead of rigid filters.
On TraceRoster, recruiters describe who they need in plain English — for example, “a product designer who has shipped B2B dashboards and can work remotely from Europe.” Semantic search then ranks candidates by meaning across skills, experience, and availability, rather than matching a single exact keyword.
That means the depth and clarity of your profile matters more than stuffing it with keywords. The more context you give about your work, the more searches you can credibly match.
Why skill context beats keyword stuffing
Repeating keywords does not make you a stronger match — context does.
Keyword stuffing was built for older systems that counted exact matches. Semantic matching interprets the relationships between your skills, the problems you solved, and the roles you are targeting. A skill described with real context (“led migration to a design system used by 40 engineers”) carries far more signal than the same skill listed ten times.
Read more in our guide to building a searchable candidate profile and how AI job search interprets fit.
How profile updates improve discoverability
Your profile is not set-and-forget.
Updating your availability, adding recent outcomes, and refining your target roles keeps your profile relevant to current searches. Active, current profiles are easier to surface and signal that you are open to the right opportunities. Learn how to get discovered by recruiters.
Create your candidate profile
It takes one upload to get started. Build a profile recruiters can actually find.