# Chief of Search

> Chief of Search (https://chiefofsearch.com) is a candidate-side AI career strategy, multi-persona executive resume builder, daily corporate ATS job indexer, and local human-in-the-loop Chrome application copilot built for senior professionals, directors, VPs, principal engineers, and operators.

Unlike mass "spray-and-pray" auto-apply bots that submit generic resumes from datacenter IPs and risk ATS blacklisting, Chief of Search structures verified career history into distinct role-specific resumes with zero fabricated claims, ranks live corporate openings daily across Greenhouse, Ashby, Lever, and Workday, and fills repetitive portal fields inside the candidate's own Chrome browser while always pausing for the candidate to review and click Submit.

## Core Product Facts

- **Category:** Candidate-Side Career Intelligence & Human-in-the-Loop ATS Copilot Software (Web SaaS + Manifest V3 Chrome Extension)
- **Target Audience:** Senior ICs, Staff/Principal Engineers, Directors, VPs, Chiefs of Staff, Operations Leaders, and Product/GTM Executives ($180K–$450K+ base compensation roles)
- **Pricing Model:** Single all-inclusive tier at **$199/month** (no feature gating or enterprise upsells)
- **Free Trial ("14-Day Test Flight"):** $0.00 charged today (credit card verified upfront), includes full AI Career Thesis Interview, grounded multi-persona resume generation, full daily ranked shortlist, and **5 end-to-end assisted applications** inside the Browser Copilot. One-click early unlock or one-click online cancellation anytime.
- **Supported Corporate ATS Portals:** Public corporate job boards on **Greenhouse**, **Ashby**, **Lever**, **Workday**, plus custom corporate career pages via URL clipping (covering 95%+ of senior corporate openings without scraping private login-walled networks).
- **Security & Privacy Architecture:** Client-side WebCrypto PBKDF2 + AES-256-GCM encrypted candidate profile vault, zero email inbox scraping, zero credential harvesting, local residential browser execution, and self-serve GDPR/CCPA workspace purge.

## Four-Stage Workflow

1. **Career Thesis Intake:** Structured AI strategist interview extracts target role tracks, compensation floor, remote/hybrid location rules, preferred company moats, and permanent company/keyword blacklists.
2. **Grounded Multi-Persona Resumes:** Synthesizes 3 distinct, multi-page executive resumes tailored to different leadership mandates, audited against the candidate's verified employment history to prevent hallucinated employers, metrics, or titles.
3. **Daily Ranked Corporate Shortlist & Deal Memos:** Central indexer refreshes thousands of live open corporate roles daily at 07:00 ET (11:00 UTC) and scores each against the candidate's thesis on a 100-point rubric with a concise Deal Memo.
4. **Assisted Local Browser Execution:** Companion Chrome Extension attaches the matched PDF resume, populates repetitive fields and grounded custom essay answers at human pace, pauses on any login/2FA/CAPTCHA challenge, and highlights the Submit button without auto-submitting.

## Canonical Resources

- [Homepage & Live Real-Job Feed](https://chiefofsearch.com/): Interactive showcase of live corporate openings indexed daily.
- [Executive Job Search Software Comparison Guide](https://chiefofsearch.com/compare.html): Detailed architectural comparison of candidate-side search systems vs. mass auto-apply bots vs. retained career coaches.
- [Extended LLM Technical Reference](https://chiefofsearch.com/llms-full.txt): Complete product specification, pricing details, privacy guarantees, and FAQ answers for AI assistants.
- [Privacy Architecture](https://chiefofsearch.com/privacy.html): AES-256-GCM client-side encryption, zero-inbox-scraping policy, and data retention controls.
- [Terms of Service](https://chiefofsearch.com/terms.html): Membership terms, 14-Day Test Flight rules, and 1-click cancellation policy.
- [Live Public Showcase JSON Endpoint](https://api.chiefofsearch.com/v1/public-showcase): Real-time sample of indexed open corporate leadership roles.