Every application must reflect your authentic experience and explicit authorization.
High-stakes career moves require disciplined ethics. We operate on three uncompromising principles: truthful representation of your verified background, candidate-authorized submission scope, and meticulous human review before dispatch.
Authorization is the prerequisite for every action.
You define your search criteria and authorization preferences during onboarding. Applications are prepared and submitted only within the scope of your explicit authorization.
Search Matrix Definition
During onboarding, you define strict search boundaries: approved job title families, seniority floors, compensation minimums, target locations, and an explicit company exclusion list.
Candidate Review Preferences
Choose between two operating models: Per-Role Approval (reviewing shortlists and materials individually before submission) or Pre-Authorized Dispatch (submitting directly within pre-approved parameters).
Strict Scope Governance
Applications are never prepared or dispatched outside your agreed parameters. If an opportunity falls outside your approved criteria, it requires explicit review and confirmation before any action.
The Application Lifecycle
Authorization is not submission. Submission is not employer response. Each stage represents a discrete operational milestone.
Preparation
Specialist matches role and tailors materials
Opportunity is vetted against your criteria. Resume emphasis and cover note are tailored strictly from candidate-provided accomplishments.
Candidate Review
Shortlist held for candidate inspection
When per-role approval is selected, materials remain in your queue. No submission occurs until you review and authorize.
Authorization
Explicit permission established
Consent confirmed under agreed workflow. Authorization permits dispatch—it does not indicate that submission has occurred yet.
Portal Submission
Entered directly into employer recruitment portal
Specialist enters required fields and materials into the official employer system (e.g., Workday, Greenhouse, Lever).
Record Archival
Documented in private tracking spreadsheet
Internal activity log archives files, channel, timestamp, and official portal confirmation reference when issued by the portal.
Employer Decision
In company recruiter review queue
Application is under company consideration. Review timelines, candidate screening, and interview invitations remain solely with the employer.
Preparation
Specialist matches role and tailors materials
Opportunity is vetted against your criteria. Resume emphasis and cover note are tailored strictly from candidate-provided accomplishments.
Candidate Review
Shortlist held for candidate inspection
When per-role approval is selected, materials remain in your queue. No submission occurs until you review and authorize.
Authorization
Explicit permission established
Consent confirmed under agreed workflow. Authorization permits dispatch—it does not indicate that submission has occurred yet.
Portal Submission
Entered directly into employer recruitment portal
Specialist enters required fields and materials into the official employer system (e.g., Workday, Greenhouse, Lever).
Record Archival
Documented in private tracking spreadsheet
Internal activity log archives files, channel, timestamp, and official portal confirmation reference when issued by the portal.
Employer Decision
In company recruiter review queue
Application is under company consideration. Review timelines, candidate screening, and interview invitations remain solely with the employer.
Operational Rule: A later status is never recorded in client logs until the corresponding operational event has genuinely taken place. Candidate authorization allows preparation and submission; it is never presented as evidence of successful employer receipt or interview interest.
We never fabricate. We tailor the truth.
Recruiters and hiring managers value authenticity. Our mission is to present your genuine accomplishments with maximum clarity and impact—never to create a false impression that would unravel in an interview.
Zero Fabrication Boundaries
Tailoring means reorganizing verified achievements to emphasize relevance. It never means inventing experience.
Employment History & Tenure
We never alter dates of employment, invent previous employers, or inflate job titles. Gaps are addressed through honest structural framing, not fictitious roles.
Degrees & Certifications
We never claim unearned academic degrees, false professional licenses, or unverified certifications. Your credentials remain strictly truthful.
Skills & Technical Proficiencies
We never list technologies, frameworks, or domain proficiencies that you have not actually used. We tailor emphasis only across your genuine capabilities.
Screening Question Responses
We never guess or fabricate answers regarding work authorization, visa status, or compensation expectations. All screener answers derive from your candidate profile.
If an employer application requires specialized background disclosures, security clearance details, or specifics not documented in your verified master profile, our specialists will pause and request your direct input rather than guessing or improvising an answer.
The Four-Point Human Review
We do not rely on unmonitored scripts. Every application package undergoes human inspection prior to dispatch.
Real specialists checking role alignment, formatting, and required field mapping.
Role Relevance Inspection
Confirming that the identified position strictly satisfies your agreed search parameters—including seniority floor, functional scope, remote/hybrid requirements, and target compensation threshold.
Resume & Layout QA
Checking exported PDF structure for clean, standard typography, clear chronological headings, ATS parsing readability, and zero visual or layout distortions.
Content & Narrative Accuracy
Ensuring customized bullet points and tailored cover notes highlight relevant achievements truthfully, maintaining strict fidelity to your verified career history.
Application Completeness
Verifying that all required portal fields, demographic disclosures (based on your explicit preferences), and supplementary screener responses are filled accurately prior to submission.
Human review optimizes document presentation, keyword positioning, and strict fidelity to candidate-provided records. CareerButton reviews materials for internal consistency; we do not conduct formal background investigations, degree verifications, or employment checks. Employers perform independent background checks upon offer. Furthermore, preparation quality does not guarantee employer acceptance, interview invitations, or employment offers.
Portfolio & GitHub Authenticity Principles
Clear ethical boundaries governing developer project assistance, code attribution, and candidate ownership.
Skill & Contribution Fidelity
Projects must never misrepresent candidate skills, experience, or individual contributions. We never invent employment history, certifications, production scale, client engagements, or performance metrics.
Attribution & Collaboration
Candidate-authored code is clearly distinguished from assisted or collaborative scaffolding. Collaborative contributions are transparently acknowledged in project documentation to preserve interview credibility.
Anti-Synthetic Charter
We strictly prohibit fabricated repository activity, artificial commit histories, bot stars, simulated downloads, or phantom enterprise adoption. Repositories stand solely on authentic technical value.
Demonstration Project Labeling
Fictional reference or demonstration projects are explicitly designated as technical demonstrations in repository READMEs and portfolios—never disguised as live commercial client work.
Mandatory Candidate Approval
Candidate review and sign-off are required before any repository, portfolio page, or documentation is published online. The candidate retains full editorial and technical sign-off authority.
Code Ownership & Scope
Source-code ownership and permitted reuse are governed by the written service agreement. Hosting accounts, domain registrations, and third-party infrastructure remain candidate-owned and controlled.
What is verified, and what records you receive.
We evaluate postings to verify active status before preparing tailored materials. Following submission, full records are archived in your private activity log.
Requisition Freshness
We check the employer's direct careers portal to confirm the requisition is actively accepting applications, filtering out ghost postings and stale third-party job board scrapers.
Profile & Scope Match
We cross-check stated responsibilities, compensation benchmarks, seniority tier, and location/remote policies against your approved onboarding matrix and company exclusion list.
Portal Requirements Check
We review application screener questions and required collateral before drafting materials. Any questions outside your verified candidate profile trigger the Clarification Rule.
Application Activity Record Format
Illustrates the structure of fields archived in candidate tracking spreadsheets. Does not represent live customer data.
[Example Target Position — Senior/Staff Level]
[Example Opportunity — Engineering / Product Family]
Evidence Disclosure: An internal activity spreadsheet records specialist preparation and dispatch. Official portal receipts (such as reference confirmation numbers or automated email acknowledgments) are archived whenever provided by the employer system. Where a portal does not issue external confirmation numbers, internal timestamped screen records are maintained.
Your career documents belong solely to you.
Our security philosophy is rooted in data minimization: the most effective way to protect sensitive candidate data is not to collect it in the first place.
No Data Monetization
We never sell, rent, license, or monetize candidate data. Information is never distributed to advertising networks, lead brokers, or third-party recruiters.
Dedicated Service Usage
Candidate collateral is processed solely to assess service fit, customize application packages, and submit authorized forms to target employers.
Role-Based Specialist Access
Access to your master resume, screening notes, and active search records is restricted strictly to the assigned search specialist managing your search.
Data Minimization Standards
Clear distinction between service-necessary information and strictly excluded personal identifiers.
- Full name and primary contact email address
- Target job titles, seniority floor, and compensation threshold
- Preferred work arrangement (remote, hybrid, or on-site metro areas)
- Work authorization status (strictly to confirm legal hiring compatibility with target employers)
- Master resume, portfolio links, and company exclusion list
- Social Security Numbers (SSNs) or national identification numbers
- Passports, driver's licenses, or government photo ID scans
- Date of birth, marital status, or family information
- Bank account numbers, credit card details, or financial asset information
- Personal email passwords or candidate portal login credentials
CareerButton does not assert unverified third-party security certifications (such as SOC2, ISO 27001, or FedRAMP). In our current pre-launch preview release, the consultation inquiry form runs in client-side preview mode with no backend database storage. Formal Data Processing Agreements, automated purge workflows, and production infrastructure controls are established prior to commercial candidate onboarding.
Explicit standards protect your career reputation.
Our service maintains clear boundaries to uphold professional integrity. Here is how we ensure that every application representing you adheres to rigorous ethical standards.
Hiring Outcome Reality:Hiring decisions, screening velocity, and interview selections are determined solely by prospective employers. We provide diligent market research, tailored materials, and verified submissions, but no legitimate career service can ethically guarantee employment offers or interview invitations.
Questions about trust, consent & data.
Clear, defensible answers regarding our operating ethics, candidate governance, and privacy standards.
A job search built on integrity, discretion, and care.
Inquire about our managed search service to discuss your target roles, review our operating standards, and establish your candidate-authorized application strategy.