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3 ways to add a jobFrom your iPhone in two taps, a pasted link, or one click in Chrome. Discover can also find jobs for you.Read it →Discover: let Gancho find jobs for youRoles picked for you every day, plus every open job in our database, with filters for role, country, company, pay and remote.Read it →Your first ten minutesThe three things that make everything else work: your resume, a few saved jobs, and one tailored application.Read it →
Getting started
Making an account, signing in, and what to do in your first ten minutes.
4 articlesCreating your accountWhat we ask for, what your password has to be, and what you get the moment you sign up.→Signing inWhere to sign in, how long you stay signed in, and what a wrong password looks like.→Resetting your passwordHow the reset link works, how long it lasts, and what happens to your other devices.→Your first ten minutesThe three things that make everything else work: your resume, a few saved jobs, and one tailored application.→
Saving jobs
Every way to get a job into Gancho: a link, by hand, the Chrome extension or your phone.
7 articles3 ways to add a jobFrom your iPhone in two taps, a pasted link, or one click in Chrome. Discover can also find jobs for you.→Discover: let Gancho find jobs for youRoles picked for you every day, plus every open job in our database, with filters for role, country, company, pay and remote.→Importing a job from a linkPaste a posting's link and Gancho fills in the title, company, pay and the whole description.→Adding a job by handFor a role someone told you about, or a posting you cannot link to.→Installing the Chrome extensionOne-click saving from LinkedIn, Greenhouse, Lever, Workday and company careers pages. About a minute to set up, on a computer.→Saving jobs with the Chrome extensionOpen a posting and click the icon. It lands in Saved with the full description.→Saving jobs on iPhoneShare a posting straight from Safari or LinkedIn, or paste a link.→
Your pipeline
Stages, moving jobs along, everything inside a job, more than one pipeline, and comparing offers.
5 articlesMoving jobs through stagesDrag a card, or pick a stage from inside the job. Every move is dated, so you know when you applied.→Inside a jobWhat each tab in a job is for: research, people, your resume, the posting, notes and details.→Editing and deleting a jobFix the details, paste in a better description, move it to another pipeline, or remove it.→Pipelines and stagesRename stages, add your own, and keep separate pipelines (full-time and contract, say).→Comparing jobsUp to five jobs side by side: fit, pay, work mode, location and benefits, in the order you choose.→
Research and outreach
The research on every job, finding the people who hire, writing to them, and never forgetting a follow-up.
6 articlesResearching a jobWhat Gancho finds out about every job you save (pay, the company, benefits, the real must-haves) and how well you fit.→Finding the people who hireGo around the application portal: find the hiring manager, recruiters and team for a role, and why each one matters.→Writing messagesA connection note, a message, an intro request or a follow-up, written for this person and this job. You send it yourself.→Tracking who you've contactedSix statuses, and why Messaged is the one that matters.→How follow-ups workGancho reminds you to nudge anyone who has not replied, and writes the nudge.→TasksYour own to-dos, like a thank-you note or interview prep, in the same list as your follow-ups.→
Resumes and the coach
Your resume, a tailored version for every job, cover letters, and the coach.
6 articlesUploading your resumeUpload it once. Every job is scored against it, and every tailored version starts from it.→Tailoring your resume to a jobA resume rebuilt around what one job wants, using only true things, with a map of what it covered.→Writing a cover letterA short letter written for the company and the role, from your resume and the research.→Asking the coachAn AI coach that knows your resume and every job you are tracking. Ask about a role, your resume, an interview or pay.→Practice interviewsMock interviews for a job you saved: a real back-and-forth, typed or spoken, tips on what to ask, coach notes as you go, a whiteboard the interviewer can see, and a score at the end.→Editing a resume or cover letterThe full-page editor: templates, colour and size, shortcuts as you type, Rewrite with AI, and opening it in Word or Google Docs.→
Working together
Sharing a pipeline with a partner, friend or coach, and what stays private.
3 articlesYour account
Password, emails, and closing your account.
4 articlesChanging your passwordFrom the account menu, with your current password.→The emails we sendWhat we send, when, and how to turn the tips off.→Deleting your accountHow to close your account, and exactly what goes with it.→TroubleshootingQuick fixes for imports, uploads, the extension and sign-in, plus the daily limits.→
The iPhone app
Gancho on your phone, coming soon to the App Store.
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Ask the coach: the round button at the bottom right of the app. It knows your jobs and your resume, and it can walk you through any of this.