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The World Map
One place to see everything Steel Man Resumes is: the public site, the Forge, and the Refinery, down to the real pages, decisions, tools, and outputs inside each. Open any branch, or search across all three. The public site explains the world; the Forge discovers a person's material; the Refinery turns it into a repeatable job search.
01 · The public world
The Site
Explains what Steel Man Resumes is, shows proof, serves free resources, and routes each audience into the right product.
steelmanresumes.com
93 folders, pages, choices, and outputs
Public entrancesteelmanresumes.comThe pages that explain the mission and help a visitor choose a next step.
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Home/The shortest explanation of Steel Man Resumes and the main starting point.
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Stronger, honest career stories for justice-impacted job seekers.
Primary action for someone rebuilding a career.
A plain-language bridge from the public story into both products.
Career rebuilder, workforce partner, or someone coming home with a Mini Forge code.
Research, verified voices, and measured outcomes.
Direct route back to saved work.
How the system works/how-it-worksA two-stage explanation of the person's full path.
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Tell the story, surface strengths, understand barriers, and build a base resume.
Aim the story at real jobs, practice hard conversations, and keep returning.
A no-login visual tour of the complete experience.
Frequently asked questions/faqPlain answers about access, records, gaps, privacy, pricing, and how the tools work.
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What the Forge and Refinery do, who they are for, and where to begin.
How the system handles incomplete, complex, or nontraditional work histories.
What the tools can help plan -- and what remains legal advice.
What is saved, what is not sold, and what the person controls.
How organizations refer participants and use access codes.
Product tours and special entry pathsPublic explanations of each product before someone enters the working tools.
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The Forge tour/forgeExplains the free Career Intelligence Report and its five public-facing stages.
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Meet t.ROY, understand the time and the result.
Narrative reconstruction from the facts the person provides.
Career direction, practical preferences, and record comfort.
Upload or build a resume; optionally connect through a partner.
Strengths, career paths, barriers, base resume, and cover letter.
The Refinery tour/refineryExplains the saved workspace through five core public-facing tools.
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Targeted resume, cover letter, and disclosure brief for one job.
Timing, framing, script building, and rehearsal.
Role-aware practice with coaching feedback.
Live listings and fair-chance context.
Verified support tied to practical barriers.
The Mini Forge/mini-forgePre-release career planning designed for DOC-approved tablets.
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Inside the facilityA seven-question, server-rendered path that works without client-side JavaScript.
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Where work fits in the person's thinking today.
Stability, growth, meaning, immediate income, independence, or giving back.
Record, gap, recovery, transportation, housing, education, health, or career change.
Physical, desk, flexible/remote, or mixed.
Practical skills plus the person's own words.
Where the person expects to return.
A short statement about what matters next.
Career directions, strengths, a starter plan, and a pickup PIN.
Coming Home/coming-homeEnter the PIN after release and continue the saved plan in the Refinery.
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Connect the pre-release session to the person.
Move the plan into an account and continue.
No-index partner leave-behind: watch, start, answer, then save in the Refinery.
Resource library/resourcesA public, sourced library that can be used without entering the products.
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Browse guides, printables, and video-ready career information.
Justice-impacted employment/guide/second-chance-employment/[slug]Nine full guides about records, gaps, rights, and reentry.
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Address a record honestly and still earn interviews.
Frame incarceration, caregiving, health, and life gaps.
Words for background, gaps, recovery, and career change.
Understand when and what employers may ask.
Industries and employers that understand recovery.
Build a credible resume without recent work history.
A full playbook for when and how to talk about a record.
Work options, license limits, and Wisconsin context.
Caregiving, safety, and women-specific reentry barriers.
Getting hired/guide/getting-hired/[slug]Eight practical guides about roles, credentials, and job-search strategy.
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What warehouse hiring managers look for.
Show trade value without relying on a degree.
Prioritize credentials that affect hiring.
Choose between walk-ins, agencies, referrals, and online applications.
Handle search results, old social media, and LinkedIn.
Background-check realities across common platforms.
Roles, free computer training, and screening differences.
Earn-while-you-learn routes into skilled work.
Printable downloads/downloads/[slug]Condensed one-page tools linked back to full guides.
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A printable order-of-operations for talking about a record.
A printable state-by-state law summary.
Evidence, trust, and accountabilityPages that make the claims, method, and limits inspectable.
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Proof/successVerified reviews, human service outcomes, case studies, and research context.
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Google Business Profile reviews.
Real outcomes with names changed.
What SMR can support without promising a job.
Research & methodology/researchSix research traditions and what each changes in practice.
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How a future-facing identity supports behavior change.
Readiness, autonomy, competence, and achievable next steps.
Why naming experience can reduce cognitive threat.
Records, bias, hiring practices, and economic barriers.
Choice, pacing, plain language, and control.
Consent, auditability, limits, and human review.
Public explanation of data collection, use, control, and third parties.
Rules, limits, disclaimers, and service relationship.
People and programsPaths for organizations, media, collaborators, and direct contact.
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For workforce partners/partnersPartner model, access codes, co-branded materials, evidence, and implementation.
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Free Forge access, referral support, expanded limits, and co-branded materials.
Research grounding, inspectable technology, field connection, and lived experience.
Workforce boards, reentry, colleges, rehab, housing, recovery, veterans, and more.
Founder, direct-service history, research, systems work, and the meaning of Steel Man.
Routes career help, partnerships, sponsorship, speaking, media, and systems work.
Service messagesSmall utility pages used after forms and email actions.
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Email preference confirmation.
Confirmation states after a form is sent.
02 · Discover the material
The Forge
A no-login guided conversation that turns lived experience into strengths, career paths, resources, a base resume, and a cover letter.
forge.steelmanresumes.com
104 folders, pages, choices, and outputs
Two front doors, one appforge.steelmanresumes.comThe Forge and the Refinery are one application on two domains. Each domain root redirects straight in -- there is no separate chooser screen.
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forge.* root redirects here: t.ROY asks who is entering, and the person starts without an account.
refinery.* root redirects here: return to saved materials.
Plain-language explanation of what is stored and controlled.
Audience decision/introt.ROY introduces itself and asks who is entering.
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Career rebuilder/welcomeThe full personal Forge journey.
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Rush Mode escape hatch/rushA same-day resume rewrite for urgent applications; explicitly not the recommended path.
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Paste text or upload a file.
Job title, company, and optional job description.
Rewrite only what is true.
Headline, summary, bullets, skills, copy, text download, or DOCX.
Workforce partner/partnerA methodology and deployment tour built for program staff.
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Refer, complete Forge, create account, use Refinery, share consented progress.
Forge, Tailor, Disclosure, Interview, Job Board, Applications.
Cohort stage, activity, outputs, and CSV reporting.
Higher daily limits linked to a program.
Cost, privacy, devices, data, and onboarding.
Observer / evaluator/overviewA transparent view of the problem, journey, research, stack, and accountability.
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Employment and record context.
Forge through application follow-up.
How t.ROY is allowed to respond.
Narrative, readiness, self-efficacy, and fair-chance evidence.
Models, storage, email, and decision logging.
Access, outputs, costs, and audit trail.
Personal Forge journeyThe primary path from raw history to a Career Intelligence Report.
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1 · Readiness/welcomeSets how much guidance t.ROY gives today.
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Low-pressure orientation.
More context before action.
Planning and practical preparation.
Direct action and shorter explanation.
Confirms the person understands the experience before continuing.
2 · Resume intake/resumeBring what exists, build from scratch, or continue without a resume.
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I already have a resumeMultiple ways to bring an existing document.
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PDF, Word, image, or screenshot.
Copy from email, notes, or another app.
Instructions for downloading from LinkedIn or Indeed.
Extract name, contact information, experience, skills, and education; the person checks the result.
Build one from scratchA ten-step guided resume builder with no cap on work-history entries.
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Explain the 15-20 minute build and how gaps are handled.
Resume heading.
Phone, email, and city.
Title, company, and dates for one role.
What the person actually did, in their own words.
Repeat work-history steps as many times as needed.
Practical skills, licenses, and credentials.
School, training, inside credentials, and programs.
Volunteer work, projects, awards, or useful context.
Assemble and confirm the base resume.
The Forge can still analyze the rest of the story, with a thinner document base.
3 · Goals/goalsClarifies what success means and how confident the person feels about the resume.
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Stable work, growth, meaning, immediate income, independence, community, or flexibility.
Optional explanation of what the person wants and why.
Optional detail that helps t.ROY understand motivation.
None yet, rough, decent, or strong.
Gaps, job changes, little experience, or no major concern.
4 · Barriers and story/storyNames what is in the way, then gathers only the detail needed to help.
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Record, employment gap, recovery, transportation, housing, education, health, career change, or another issue.
Criminal-record detailOnly shown when relevantStructured, editable context rather than an open-ended confession.
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Misdemeanor, felony, or both.
1, 2-3, or 4+.
From less than one year to more than ten.
Current, completed, or none.
Optional future-facing context and accomplishments.
Optional concern in the person's own words.
Optional, barrier-specific plain-language context.
5 · Practical preferences/preferencesFilters career suggestions to fit the person's real life.
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Full-time, part-time, flexible/gig, or open.
Physical, office, people-facing, or remote.
Walk, public transit, short drive, or longer commute.
Optional city or area for matching.
6 · Analysis/processingThe system turns the gathered material into a grounded career analysis.
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Find the usable facts and history.
Identify repeated evidence of capability.
Connect skills, goals, and preferences to plausible work.
Turn friction into possible support.
Build a coherent, honest through-line.
Strengthen the base document without inventing experience.
Create a general-purpose starting letter.
A two-minute prompt while processing.
7 · Career Intelligence Report/outputThe person sees what their experience adds up to and can take the work with them.
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The tone and next action match where the person is today.
Evidence-backed patterns from the person's story.
SkillsHard, soft, and transferable skills.
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Tools, systems, licenses, and job-specific ability.
Communication, reliability, leadership, and self-management.
Abilities that move across industries.
Each relevant barrier paired with practical next steps or support.
Role options with reasons for fit and concrete next steps.
Career documentsGenerated from verified material.
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Preview, copy, and editable DOCX download.
Preview, copy, and editable DOCX download.
Flags and removes unsupported claims before the documents are shown.
Create an account, save the Forge result, and carry the profile into the working tools.
The Mini Forge (in facility)/mini-forgeThe functional pre-release intake served inside the consumer app on DOC-approved tablets; server-rendered, no client JavaScript required.
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Routes into or resumes a tablet session.
Readiness, goals, challenges, work type, skills, location, and a personal hook, one question per step.
Career directions, strengths, a starter plan, and the PIN used to continue after release.
Supporting Forge surfacesOptional routes around the main journey.
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Self-running visual story: before, intake, processing, output, Refinery, disclosure, interview, close.
Data storage, consent, account control, exports, deletion, and AI boundaries.
Get an organization listed/get-listedSubmission form for verified Milwaukee/Waukesha support resources.
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Name, category, city, phone, website, and service description.
Submitter name and email.
SMR reviews the listing before it appears.
03 · Work the material
The Refinery
A private, returning workspace for finding real work, tailoring applications, preparing disclosure, practicing interviews, and tracking progress.
refinery.steelmanresumes.com
199 folders, pages, choices, and outputs
Access and onboardingProtected entry, account creation, and the handoff from Forge.
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Sign in or create account/loginOne page with three real access modes.
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Email, password, and two-step code when enabled.
Name, phone, email, password, and optional partner code.
Email a single-use sign-in link.
Redeemed during sign-up or later in Settings.
Authentication supportPages used when access needs an extra step.
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Confirms that a magic link was sent.
Requests a password reset.
Creates the replacement password.
Redeems organization-linked access.
A client who has not completed the Forge is sent there first, unless an admin/partner is testing client view.
Resume, strengths, career paths, barriers, preferences, and readiness become editable starting context.
Mini Forge import/mini-forge/importBring a pre-release plan into the account.
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Match the tablet session.
Attach the saved plan safely.
Confirm the handoff and enter the dashboard.
Dashboard home/dashboardThe role-aware starting point after sign-in.
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Client overviewThe participant's own journey and next action.
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Seven stages with the current stage named.
One prominent action from the rules-based next-step engine.
Strengths, career paths, and editable source context.
Current base or tailored resume.
Recent artifacts and counts by type.
Access to Find Work, Build, My Stuff, and support tools.
Observer overviewEvidence-first view for a non-participant account.
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The core research claims.
Direct route to citations and governance.
Direct route to how features are built.
Mission control instead of the participant tool grid.
Find WorkThe search-and-application loop.
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Job Board/dashboard/jobsLive listings matched to Forge context, with fair-chance signals and saved state.
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Search setupTarget role, location, common roles, or role pulled from the latest resume.
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Editable search context.
Filter to listings with a visible fair-chance reason.
Limit results to remote listings.
Listing resultsNative job cards rather than sending the user away immediately.
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Title, company, location, salary, employment type, and posted date.
Duties, requirements, and benefits.
Why the role or employer may be relevant.
Creates an application record in Saved.
Moves the record into the tracker.
Hands the job directly to Application Tailor.
Persistent personal block with optional reason.
Restores the last search and results for six hours.
Applications/dashboard/applicationsA pipeline that connects each status to the right preparation tool.
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Next suggestion: tailor a resume.
Next suggestion: prepare disclosure.
Next suggestion: practice interviewing.
Next suggestion: review the disclosure script.
Record the outcome and next decision.
ArchivedRejected and declined applications remain available without cluttering the active pipeline.
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Employer ended the process.
The person chose not to continue.
Verified Employers/dashboard/employersA manually maintained directory of employers with fair-chance context.
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Narrow the directory by name, role, place, or industry.
Name, location, industry, website, careers link, and available context.
Hide an employer from future searches.
The directory openly states that verification is ongoing.
Fair-Chance Lanes/dashboard/resourcesCurated career lanes that bridge a Forge profile into realistic live searches.
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Career paths, skills, barriers, and location influence ranking.
Opportunity categoriesSeven starting lanes.
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Common roles, example employers, preparation, and live-search handoff.
Production and plant pathways.
Kitchen, service, and hospitality pathways.
Driving, delivery, and logistics pathways.
Retail, phone, and service pathways.
Construction and skilled-work pathways.
Community, peer, and helping-role pathways.
Fair-chance does not mean automatic approval; role, location, timing, and record relevance still matter.
Open the Job Board with a useful search term.
BuildTools that create job-specific materials and rehearse high-stakes conversations.
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Application Tailor/dashboard/application-tailorTurns a base resume and a specific posting into a three-part career package.
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Use a Forge base resume, a saved version, or begin blank when necessary.
Define the target jobThe employer-specific input.
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Required role.
Required employer.
Optional automatic fetch; some sites may block it.
Optional but produces sharper tailoring.
20-40 second generation grounded in the Forge profile and resume facts.
Career packageThree connected tabs.
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Targeted resumeEditable sections, bullet workshop, save, DOCX, and PDF.
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Editable name and contact data.
Editable summary with optional assist.
Role entries and scored bullet workshop.
Editable skills and credentials.
Editable education and training.
What changed for this job and why.
Employer-specific letter; copy or DOCX download.
Readiness score, starter script, timing advice, disclaimer, and handoff to the full planner.
Every saved resume keeps its target job, company, source, and current/base status.
Disclosure Planner/dashboard/disclosureCareer coaching for deciding when and how to talk about a record. Not legal advice.
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Explains the sensitive fields, what is stored, and the person's right to delete.
AssessGather and verify the situation.
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Optional job-specific framing.
Used for high-level legal context.
Add, remove, or rewrite the source strengths.
User-entered details remain editable.
Application, interview, after offer, or unsure.
DeepenThree prompts create the raw material for an honest script.
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Factual, concise context.
Evidence of responsibility, growth, or stability.
The concern the person needs to prepare for.
PlanGenerate and edit the coaching result.
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High-level rights and timing information.
Employer- and stage-aware timing advice.
A personalized script.
Concrete reminders for delivery.
Ask for a specific change and regenerate.
RehearsePractice the script in the person's own voice.
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Type the response.
Record or speak the response for feedback.
What landed, what to strengthen, and a revised frame.
Save as a private artifact, copy, print/PDF, or connect support.
Interview Practice/dashboard/interviewRepeated role-aware practice in text or live voice.
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SetupChoose the source and kind of interview.
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Use the base resume or a job-targeted saved version.
General, behavioral/STAR, industry-specific, or disclosure practice.
Sets the interview context.
Text or live voice.
PracticeAnswer questions one at a time and continue for as many rounds as useful.
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Typed questions and answers.
Realtime spoken interview; audio is not stored.
Questions use the role, resume, and chosen interview type.
FeedbackA saved interview analysis.
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The central story to hold through the interview.
Specific strengths in the answers.
Clarity, detail, framing, or confidence gaps.
Examples tied to the questions asked.
Summary of readiness and next practice.
The person's own takeaways.
Store in My Materials or print to PDF.
My StuffSaved materials, personal progress, and account controls.
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My Materials/dashboard/vaultPrivate library for everything generated in the Refinery.
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Pinned primary resume.
Base and targeted versions.
Job-specific letters.
Saved application follow-ups.
Private scripts and planning outputs.
Saved feedback and notes.
ActionsSearch, view, copy, edit when supported, DOCX/PDF export, set current, or delete.
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Find by title, target, or content.
DOCX for resumes/letters; formatted PDF for every artifact.
Permanent account-scoped removal after confirmation.
Progress/dashboard/progressA rules-based map of momentum rather than a vague percentage.
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Personalized small actions based on readiness, barriers, and activity.
Applications or follow-ups that need attention.
Career RoadmapFour phases with real completion signals.
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Complete Forge, review skills, and connect barriers to lanes.
Build a resume, disclosure plan, and first practice interview.
Search, tailor, and submit the first application.
Five applications, three practices, and continued follow-through.
Counts for skills, strengths, resumes, bullets, plans, practice, searches, resources, and applications.
A dedicated page for password, sign-in methods, and two-step verification.
Settings/dashboard/settingsAccount, privacy, security, personalization, and data ownership.
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Name, phone, location, and resume contact information.
Supportive/balanced/direct style and guide-me/just-answer focus.
Redeem or view organization access.
Consent controls for partner visibility.
Review and restore employers removed from searches.
Password, sign-in methods, and two-step verification.
Your dataExport everything the account stores or delete it.
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Database data plus relevant local-device state.
Confirmed permanent deletion.
Version, responsible-AI commitments, and transparency links.
Program and organization viewsConsent-gated oversight for staff and administrators.
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Partner Dashboard/dashboard/partnerThe organization mission-control surface.
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Only progress signals; never resume text, disclosure plans, or interview answers.
Organization admin / ownerRuns the team and full program view.
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Joined, invited, sharing, active, hired, seats, and optional AI cost.
Staff cards with client load, active/behind/hired rollups, and drill-down.
Invite by name and email; seat assigned immediately.
Resend or revoke.
Connect participants to staff or leave unassigned.
Stage, next step, activity signals, outcome, and assignment.
Program reporting from consented progress.
Staff viewFocused support view without seat or cost administration.
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Only participants assigned to this staff member who consented to share.
Invite and auto-assign to the staff member.
Stage, next step, applications, practices, and outcome, not content.
Partner/admin can experience the real participant toolset with a persistent test banner.
Methodology/dashboard/methodologyDetailed product logic for practitioners, partners, and evaluators.
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Readiness, affect labeling, self-efficacy, and autonomy.
Future self, redemption narrative, and credible change.
What this system combines that ordinary builders separate.
Scaffolding, plain language, and fading support.
Consent, auditability, explanation, and non-discrimination.
The client-facing behavior constraints.
Evidence/dashboard/evidenceCitations, comparison, governance, architecture decisions, and known gaps.
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Research directly tied to product mechanisms.
Feature-by-feature comparison.
Consent, logging, portability, deletion, and safeguards.
Why major technical choices were made.
What remains incomplete or unproven.
Internal administration/dashboard/adminRestricted operating surfaces used to run and audit the platform.
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Operate-as controls, platform funnel, access-code minting, partner metrics, and consented cases.
Account list, tier, usage/cost, and assisted access controls.
Organization records, roles, seats, codes, and status.
Checks grouped by service with pass, warning, and fail states.