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How Slatebook works.

Six steps, from signup to your first accepted interview. Nothing here is fluff — this is the actual flow.

1

Sign up free

Email + password, or sign in with Google. Takes 10 seconds. We never ask for your phone number.

2

Build your profile

Upload a resume PDF and Gemini extracts your work history, skills, education, and projects into structured fields. Or fill them in manually if you prefer. Takes 2–5 minutes either way.

Tip: Use the Resume Import path — it's faster and the AI parses better than you'd expect.

3

Set your job preferences

Tell us what you want next — role types (IC / Manager / Founder / Consultant), preferred locations, work mode, compensation range, and the 'open to opportunities' signal. The matching engine uses all of these.

Tip: The free-text 'ideal next role' field carries the most semantic weight. Spend 60 seconds on it.

4

Browse matched jobs

The /home and /jobs feeds rank every active role against your profile using semantic similarity + structured rules (skill overlap, experience range, country fit). Scores are out of 10. 8+ gets a green 'recommended' badge.

Tip: Click into a job to see the full score, recruiter posting details, and (if you're Pro) the Insights + Tailored Resume cards.

5

Apply or save

For jobs posted directly by recruiters on Slatebook, you apply through us — your application goes to their inbox. For jobs we've ingested from aggregator feeds, the Apply button takes you to the employer's external site. Save anything you want to come back to.

6

Get discovered (anonymously)

Verified recruiters search an anonymised view of your profile. If one's interested, they send an Unlock Profile request with a note. You see who they are, the role, and decide whether to accept. If yes, your identity becomes visible to them — and a conversation thread opens up under Messages.

Pro AI tools (optional)

On any job detail page, Pro users see two extra cards: Job Insights(3 sections of personalised analysis — what works, what’s missing, resume tips) and Tailor my resume (a per-job rewrite of your bullets that you can open in any of the 5 resume templates and download as PDF).

25 insights + 10 tailored resumes per rolling 24 hours. Both cache for 60 days and auto-flag stale when your profile changes.

Ready to start?

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