Solution-shaped cover letter
Answering an ad
The organisation's need, the resolution you propose, and the proof drawn from your own achievements.
PhD candidates, postdocs and early-career PhDs · Free assessment, €19 engine
You paste the job ad.
The engine writes what you send.
The engine reads the ad, picks the achievements from your doctoral work that answer the need, and produces the pieces you send. Every claim carries the identifier of the achievement behind it.
Entry
The engine, with no questionnaire in front of it
You can start by writing your achievement repertoire. The configuration assessment comes later, when the engine actually needs it.
Open the engine Start with the configuration assessment →Repertoire saved as you go · Assessment: 48 items, ~10 min · No account required
Before you start
Sit down at a computer, allow 20 to 30 minutes, and gather your documents: thesis or draft, published or submitted articles, grant applications, CV. Your material is already written — the engine is going to read it.
✓ No figure you did not supply✓ Every claim sourced✓ Refusal explained when the profile does not answer✓ Free configuration assessment
What you get
Four pieces, ready to send.
Outreach message
Direct approach
Short, addressed to a person, no filler: what you propose and what it rests on.
Prepared answer
“Tell me about yourself”
Your track record in three minutes, with no thesis narrative and no apology for leaving academia.
Questions to ask
Interview
Questions drawn from the ad itself, showing you read more than the job title.
The path
Two steps before the first translation.
Your achievement repertoire
Five achievements minimum, six fields each. Everything is saved as you go, so you can stop and come back.
The configuration assessment
48 items, about ten minutes. It supplies the register, interests and values that steer the selection.
The refusal
The engine refuses to write when your profile does not answer the ad.
It then names the cause: a repertoire too thin, which you can enrich, or a substantive mismatch with the role. Seven blocking checks run on every piece before delivery.
- ✓No figure absent from your repertoire survives the checks.
- ✓Every claim about your track record carries the identifier of its source.
- ✓One section names what you cannot claim for this role.
- ✓Proposals are written as proposals; past work stays in the past tense.
The configuration
Four instruments to configure the engine, not to grade you.
The assessment stays free and readable on its own. Its first job is now to calibrate the translation: register, professional interests, values.
01Personality
Big Five — IPIP-20
Goldberg, L. R. (1992) · J. Personality & Social Psychology
Measures the five core personality dimensions with a cross-culturally validated 20-item instrument.
OpennessConscientiousnessExtraversionAgreeablenessNeuroticism
02Career interests
RIASEC Holland — 18 items
Holland, J. L. (1973) · Making Vocational Choices
Identifies six professional environments and helps spot compatible work contexts.
RealisticInvestigativeArtisticSocialEnterprisingConventional
03Values
Schwartz Values Survey
Schwartz, S. H. (1992) · Advances in Experimental Social Psychology
Maps the values that shape your career decisions and long-term satisfaction.
UniversalismBenevolenceAchievementPowerHedonism
04Transferable skills
Vitae RDF Framework
Vitae (2010) · Researcher Development Framework
Translates doctoral experience into HR-readable language for industry recruiters.
KnowledgeResearch practiceManagementEngagement
Who it is for
Built for researchers in transition.
PhD candidate in year 2 or 3 planning the exit.
Postdoc exploring alternatives to the academic track.
Early-career PhD in active career change.
Candidate holding a job ad with no idea what to write about it.
Candidate who needs to name their skills for non-academic recruiters.
Free assessment · €19 per job ad
A real job ad,
your achievements, your pieces.
The assessment and one demonstration translation are free. Translating a real job ad costs €19, once, with no account and no subscription.
Open the engineConfiguration assessment · Free
The assessment stays free, and reads on its own.
48 items, four validated instruments, immediate results: OCEAN radar, RIASEC hexagon, top 3 values, 5 recommended roles. It is also what configures the engine.
Take the free assessment