STEP 01 • PROFILE SETUP

Build Your Career Profile Once.
Use It Across Your Job Search.

Create a structured Upward.jobs profile using your resume, skills, experience, portfolio, and career preferences—so job matching, applications, and career support can work from one consistent profile.

Import an existing resume
Review information before saving
Control your job-search preferences
Upward.jobs Career Profile Dashboard Interface
Resume Imported
Auto-parsed & formatted
Skills Identified
18 core competencies tagged
Preferences Saved
Hybrid • $140k+ • Full-Time
Profile Architecture

Why a Career Profile Goes Beyond a Static Resume

A resume is still important, but a structured career profile can carry additional information that helps organize matching, applications, and career support.

Resume Only
Repeated Information Entry

Repeated information entry across applications on disconnected employer portals.

Upward.jobs Profile
Reusable Career Information

Maintain reusable career information in one structured profile that powers your entire search.

Resume Only
Fixed Document Constraints

Limited space for verified skills, live portfolio work, and nuanced target preferences.

Upward.jobs Profile
Extensible Career Context

Add skills, portfolio links, role preferences, and supporting career information in full depth.

Resume Only
Single Static Representation

A single document may not reflect every target opportunity, seniority level, or domain pivot.

Upward.jobs Profile
Targeted Matching & Preparation

Use structured information to support role-specific job matching, tailored applications, and interview preparation.

Resume Only
Limited Visibility Control

Limited privacy and preference controls depending on where the document is shared or uploaded.

Upward.jobs Profile
Platform-Backed Privacy Controls

Provide clear profile visibility, employer-blocking filters, and privacy controls supported by the platform.

Profile Setup Modules

Everything You Need to Build Your Career Profile

Start with the information you already have, then refine your profile around the roles and opportunities you want to pursue.

Feature 01 • Resume Import

Start With Your Existing Resume

Upload an existing resume and use it as a starting point for your profile. Review extracted experience, skills, education, and other career information before confirming it.

Accepts standard PDF, Word (.docx), and text resumes
Extracts career timeline, job titles, and core technologies
Full editorial control to review and edit every field before saving
Review before saving
Alex_Morgan_Resume.pdf
Parsed into structured data
Ready
Target Job Title
Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
Extracted Experience
6+ Years • Distributed Web Architecture & Cloud APIs
Identified Core Skills
React TypeScript Node.js AWS PostgreSQL
Verification Step Confirm Fields →
Feature 02 • Career Preferences

Tell Us What You’re Looking For

Define the roles, work arrangements, locations, career level, and other preferences that matter to your search.

Target specific technical specializations and seniority tiers
Choose location preferences and workplace arrangements
Set preferred employment types and compensation expectations
Precise role filtering
Target Role Focus
Cloud Platform & SRE Lead
Workplace Arrangement
Hybrid On-Site Flexible Metro
Employment Type & Seniority
Full-Time Contract / C2C Staff / Principal Level
Target Base Compensation
$145,000 – $185,000+
Feature 03 • Skills & Portfolio

Show More Than a Job Title

Add technical skills, portfolio links, certifications, projects, GitHub work, and other relevant experience that helps provide better career context.

Tag languages, frameworks, databases, and specialized enterprise tools
Embed active GitHub repositories, Figma showcases, and live project URLs
Highlight validated cloud certifications and architectural case studies
Rich career artifacts
Technical Skills Tagging
Python AWS Cloud React Docker SQL / DBT Java Power BI SAP / ERP DevOps CI/CD
Portfolio & Artifact Embeds
github.com/alex/cloud-k8s-mesh
Production Kubernetes Helm Charts
84
AWS Solutions Architect – Professional
Certified • Active Credential
Verified
Feature 04 • Privacy & Visibility

Stay in Control of Your Profile

Manage the information included in your profile and understand how it may be used within the Upward.jobs experience.

Choose whether your profile is actively searchable or private
Keep email and phone numbers hidden until you approve contact
Block current employers and specified company domains with one click
Your profile. Your choices.
Privacy & Visibility Settings
Encrypted
Profile Search Visibility
Visible to verified matching opportunities
Contact Info Protection
Direct contact requires candidate approval
Employer Domain Blocking
2 Current Employer Domains Blocked
Anonymized Preview Mode
Hide name & photo until interview request
PRIVACY & TRANSPARENCY

Your Career Information Deserves Clear Controls

Building a career profile may involve professional and personal information. Upward.jobs should make it clear what information is collected, how it supports the service, and what controls are available to you.

Candidate Governance Dashboard
Configurable Profile & Data Permissions
Protected
Profile Information
Work history, education, and credentials
Editable Anytime
Contact Details
Email, phone number, and location privacy
Approval Required
Career Preferences
Compensation floor, work model & location
User Controlled
Profile Visibility
Index status and matching availability
Account Privacy & Domain Blocking
Prevent specific employer domains from viewing profile

You Review Your Information

Review imported or entered career information before it becomes part of your profile.

Clear Profile Controls

Make profile and visibility choices through understandable settings where supported.

Purposeful Data Use

Career information should be used to support clearly explained platform functions.

Privacy Information Available

Provide direct access to the Privacy Policy and relevant information about data handling.

Tech candidate working in focused workspace
Career Goal: Data Engineer
Preferred: Hybrid Work
Skills Updated: Python, DBT, AWS
Candidate-First Design

Built Around the Person Behind the Resume

Your experience is more than keywords on a document. A structured profile gives you one place to organize your experience, skills, projects, preferences, and career direction before moving into job matching.

Your experience: Authentically represent your full technical track record, skills, and production impact.
Your preferences: Explicitly define work model, compensation targets, and domain focus.
Your career direction: Guide matching systems toward where you want to go next, not just where you've been.
* Photograph reflects candidate workspace context for illustrative presentation.
Common Questions

Questions Before You Create Your Profile?

Here are clear answers about profile setup, resume information, privacy, and what happens next.

Yes. Creating your career profile, importing your resume, configuring your career preferences, and receiving personalized job matching is 100% free for job seekers—always.

No. You can jumpstart your setup by uploading an existing resume (PDF, Word, or text format). Our parsing engine extracts your employment history, technical competencies, and education into structured fields so you don't have to type everything from scratch.

Yes. Upward.jobs accepts standard PDF (.pdf), Microsoft Word (.docx), and plain text (.txt) files. You can also upload updated versions of your resume whenever your career experience grows.

Absolutely. You have complete editorial control over every parsed field. Before saving your profile, you can review, edit, refine, add, or remove job titles, bullet points, skills, and dates at any time.

For high-precision job matching, we recommend including your primary technical specializations (languages, frameworks, tools), target role titles, workplace preferences (Hybrid/On-site), and links to GitHub repositories, live demo projects, or cloud certifications.

Your preferences—such as desired compensation floor, location flexibility, company stage, and technical stack focus—serve as the core filter for our matching algorithms. This ensures you only receive opportunities aligned with your career goals.

You control your profile visibility settings at all times. You can keep your profile private, enable discovery for verified recruiters, require approval before sharing contact details, and block specific employer domains. Read our Privacy Policy for full details.

Yes. You can edit any profile section, update your target preferences, temporarily pause matching, or permanently delete your account and associated career data at any time from your account dashboard.

Have additional questions? Contact our support team →
Back to How It Works
Profile Setup
100% Ready
Python AWS Hybrid
Senior Data Engineer 96% Match
Hybrid Workplace • $160k–$185k
Cloud Architecture Lead 92% Match
Hybrid • Enterprise Scale
PROFILE COMPLETE?
02 • AI-POWERED JOB MATCHING

Next: Discover Better-Fit Opportunities

See how your skills, experience, location, and career preferences can support more focused job discovery.