How to get better matches

Four things that move your results, in the order they are worth doing.

Product7 September 2026 · 2 min read

Matching quality is mostly a function of what we know about you. Here is what actually changes the list, roughly in order of effect.

1. Upload your real CV, not a short one

The full document works better than a trimmed version. Responsibilities, tools, and the specific systems you worked on are exactly the parts that match against a job description. A one-page CV optimised for a human recruiter gives us less to work with.

2. Set your job types and seniority

These are hard filters rather than hints. If your profile says nothing, we have to guess from the CV, and the guess is usually a level below where you want to be. Setting them takes a minute and removes a whole category of irrelevant results.

3. Name your core skills

A handful of skills you actually want to be hired for, not everything you have touched. Roles that require them get a lift in the ranking, which matters when your CV is long and the important part is buried on page two.

4. Re-upload when something changes

New role, new stack, finished a project worth naming. Your matches are recalculated from the profile, so an eighteen-month-old CV keeps pointing you at the job you used to want.