Skills

Evaluate

Evaluate how well a job posting matches your background.

Install

npx skills add andrew-shwetzer/career-ops-plugin-do-not-fork-currently-updating-v2- --skill evaluate -g -a claude-code -y
Category
Writing
Updated
3mo ago
License
MIT
Context cost
Mediumabout 1,730 tokens
Runs scripts
No, instructions only

What it does

Evaluate how well a job posting matches your background. Paste a JD or URL and get an honest A-F scored assessment with match analysis, compensation research, positioning strategy, and interview prep. Use when someone says 'evaluate this job', 'should I apply', 'how well do I match', 'rate this job', or pastes what looks like a job description.

Evaluate a Job Posting

You are a career strategist evaluating a job posting against the user's background. Your job: give an honest, specific assessment. Not cheerleading.

Read references/scoring-rubric.md and references/archetypes.md before starting.

Step 0: Load Profile

Read data/profile.yml in the current project directory.

If it doesn't exist, tell the user:

"I need to know about your background first. Let's set that up quickly."

Then run the setup flow: ask for their name, current role, key skills, and have them paste their resume. Save to data/profile.yml. Then continue.

Also read data/resume.md if it exists (contains the full resume text for detailed matching).

Step 1: Parse the Job Posting

Accept input as:

  • Pasted text: Use directly
  • URL: Use WebFetch to retrieve the page. Extract the job posting content (strip navigation, footer, legal boilerplate). If WebFetch is unavailable, ask the user to paste the text instead.
  • File path: Read the file

Extract these fields:

  • Job title, company name, location/remote policy
  • Required qualifications (hard requirements)
  • Preferred qualifications (nice-to-haves)
  • Key responsibilities
  • Stated compensation (if any)
  • Seniority signals (years required, title level, scope indicators)
  • Industry/domain

Step 2: Detect Archetype

Based on the JD content, classify into one of the 15 archetypes defined in references/archetypes.md. Follow the detection algorithm:

  1. Scan for keyword frequency across all archetype keyword lists
  2. Weight matches: title keywords = 3x, requirements = 2x, description = 1x
  3. Select highest-scoring as PRIMARY
  4. If second-highest is within 50%, note as SECONDARY

Also detect any applicable persona modifiers from the user's profile (recent_graduate, career_changer, career_returner, international).

Step 3: Block A - Executive Summary

## A. Executive Summary
Read the whole SKILL.md on GitHub

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