This is the fastest way to use Career CRM with your preferred AI assistant.
1. Upload your master CV to AI
Use ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Copilot, or another AI assistant you trust.
2. Share the job description and tailor your CV together
Give AI the job description link or paste the full job description. Ask it to tailor your CV with relevant ATS keywords while keeping everything truthful to your experience.
3. Create and tailor your cover letter
Ask AI to draft a cover letter aligned to the role, company, tailored CV, and your real experience. Refine it until it sounds like you.
4. Apply or save the draft application
Keep the exact version of the CV and cover letter you submitted or plan to submit.
5. Create your Career CRM card using the Example Golden Card
From the blank template:
Then ask:
6. Import the generated card
Download the JSON card from your AI assistant, open Career CRM, click Import Card(s), and continue tracking the opportunity.
That’s it — your application is now tracked, searchable, and ready for interview preparation.
Career CRM is a free, privacy-first local job search tracker built to help professionals stay organized, prepare for interviews, and manage tailored applications.
Everything stays on your computer.
For the fastest workflow, click 🚀 Quick Start in the header. It explains how to use your master CV, a job description, AI tailoring, the Example Golden Card, and Import Card(s) to create your first tracked application.
Short version: tailor CV and cover letter with AI, apply or save the draft, open the Example Golden Card, click Export Card, upload that JSON to AI, ask AI to create your new Career CRM card, then import it.
1. Find a role
Focus on jobs that genuinely match your experience and strengths.
2. Save the full job description
Job ads disappear. Save the exact wording for interview preparation later.
Paste the full job description into the card under Full Job Description.
3. Tailor your CV using AI
Example prompt:
Provide:
Ask AI to:
4. Apply for the role
5. Save what you submitted
Career CRM works best when each card stores the exact application record, not just file names.
Golden rule for AI card generation:
6. Generate a Career CRM card using AI
7. Update an existing card using AI
8. Prepare for interviews using AI
Then:
Career CRM also supports single card export and smart card updates, making it easier to keep each application accurate over time.
Export a single card
Open any existing application card and click Export Card. This downloads only that selected opportunity as a JSON file.
This is useful when you want to:
Importing an updated card
When you import a card that already exists in Career CRM, you can choose how to handle it.
Why this matters
Applications evolve. Recruiter conversations, interview notes, feedback, follow-ups, and new job details often appear weeks or months after applying.
Career CRM helps preserve your full application history so you can always see what you applied for, what CV and cover letter you used, what the job description said, what feedback you received, and how the opportunity progressed.
Career CRM stores data locally in your browser. If you open a blank template in the same browser where you already use Career CRM, your saved local data may still appear because it is reading that browser's local storage.
To test a clean blank template, open it in a different browser, a private/incognito window, or after clearing that browser's local Career CRM data.
Backup regularly
Use Export Backup to keep your applications safe.
Copy the ready-made prompt and paste it into a new AI chat session.
Paste this into a new AI chat session for best results. The prompt includes the full Career CRM card context locally from this card.
Typical AI generation time: 15–25 minutes.
Because interview prep can be detailed, the AI may pause while generating. If it stops before all sections are complete, simply type:
When all interview prep sections are finished, ask the AI:
Download the generated .json file and use 📥 Import / Replace Interview Prep inside this card.