DeckStack
Free diagnosis for mid-career professionals

Find what’s silently killing your job applications

and start submitting ones that get you in the room.

DeckStack reads your past CVs, cover letters and application files to surface the errors, omissions and contradictions you can’t see in one document — built for people 10+ years into their career, with a real archive of prior applications.

Free to start, no payment required.

Sample diagnosis3 documents · 6 findings
  1. Employment dates that don't match across documents

    Resume · LinkedIn

  2. Typos in the numbers that matter most

    Resume

Why DeckStack

The Deck is stacked against you.

Chances are you’re not losing because of your experience, but other things. Things that are much harder to spot.

  • Conflicting employment dates
  • Claims with no proof behind them
  • Resumes and cover letters poorly optimised for AI-powered Applicant Tracking Systems

DeckStack stacks the deck in your favour.

We analyze your resume, your LinkedIn and your cover letters — everything an employer sees when you apply for a role.

We show you what’s holding you back, and can even help fix it.

What is a DeckStack Check?

DeckStack Check reviews your LinkedIn profile, your resume and your cover letter with a fresh set of eyes.

Recruiters are already using advanced analytics and AI to assess your applications, but you never see the results. We use those tools for you — and show you what’s hurting your applications.

ResumeLinkedIn

Employment dates that don't match across documents

A start date, a job title, or a date range that reads one way on your resume and another on LinkedIn. It's the first cross-check a recruiter runs, and it fails before your experience is even considered.

Impact
Resume

Typos in the numbers that matter most

A mistyped year in a date range, sitting in the header of your most recent role. Small enough to miss when you wrote it, impossible to miss when someone else reads it.

Impact
ResumeCover letter

A cover letter aimed at the wrong level

Years of management experience on the resume, a coordinator-level pitch in the cover letter. Without an explanation, that gap reads as a red flag, not a choice.

Impact
LinkedIn

Achievements that exist in one place and not the other

The metrics sitting in your resume's bullet points are nowhere in the matching LinkedIn role — a blank description where your strongest evidence should be.

Impact
Resume

A summary that doesn't hold together on a close read

Dangling commas, an unfinished sentence, a heading that's missing a space. None of it changes what you've done — all of it changes how careful you look.

Impact
LinkedIn

Credentials that never made it online

Certifications and volunteer work that appear on your resume but were never added to LinkedIn's structured fields — invisible to anyone searching, not just reading.

Impact
  • We critique the documents, not you.
  • Every finding links back to a specific file or pattern.
  • Ambiguities become questions for you to answer, never guesses.

How it works

Three powerful tools. All designed for you.

  1. 1

    Automated · Free

    DeckStack Check

    Check your latest resume, cover letter and LinkedIn profile, and surface your highest-impact finding for free. Unlock the full report when you're ready to see everything.

  2. 2

    Deep analysis

    DeckStack Resume

    Upload your entire archive of resumes and cover letters. We clear the gaps, overlaps and inconsistencies across your career history, and run a deep linguistic analysis of your own writing style — so this becomes your ultimate source of truth.

  3. 3

    Agent-guided · Paid

    DeckStack Apply

    Add the job descriptions for the roles you want. We give you a tailored resume and cover letter in minutes, written in your words and grounded in your DeckStack Resume — optimised for AI-powered ATS.

Design principle: the agent proposes, you validate. Never “you have imposter syndrome.” Always “you describe 25 years of experience as ‘15+ years’ — does that ring true?” You confirm or reject the inference. That keeps the insight and removes the diagnosis.

No faking it

Specific truth beats generic AI.

If we can't verify it, we won't claim it.

Every claim in every document is traceable back to something in your own archive. No invented experience, ever.

Facts and open questions stay separate.

What's verified is verified. What's ambiguous is flagged and put back to you — you always adjudicate, we never guess.

No promised outcomes.

We promise process, evidence and an honest read — including telling you when a role isn't worth applying for.

What happens to your archive

You’re trusting us with employment history, salary expectations and contact details. That deserves a plain-English answer, not fine print.

What we need
Past CVs, cover letters, and your LinkedIn profile. Nothing else, and only what you choose to share.
What we do with it
Used only to build your diagnosis and, if you choose to go further, your application package.
What we never do
We never sell or share your archive, and we never contact your current employer.
Your control
You approve every unresolved fact before it appears anywhere, and you can ask us to delete your archive at any time.

This is our working commitment. See our privacy policy for the full details.

Who it’s for

The product needs an archive. That defines the customer.

Built for you if

  • Mid-career professionals, roughly 10+ years' experience
  • A history of prior applications — you have an archive to read
  • Experienced enough to assume your CV is fine
  • Out of the market long enough that it probably isn't

Not built for you yet if

  • Graduates with no application history yet
  • Career changers with thin histories
  • Single-employer lifers with one CV to their name

Why now

Everyone’s applications increasingly sound the same. The scarce thing is proof that’s specific and verifiable.

  • ~70%

    of job seekers now use generative AI in their search

  • ~40%

    of applications reportedly show clear AI signatures

  • ~62%

    of hiring managers say un-personalised AI applications are more likely to be rejected

Directional figures from market and vendor reporting that has its own interest in this narrative — treat the percentages as indicative, not precise.

Product & pricing

Start with the free diagnosis. Everything else follows from it.

Everything below is covered by a single DeckStack Pass, bought once for a fixed period. There’s no subscription and nothing to cancel.

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DeckStack Check

Start with your archive. We’ll show you what to share, then send back exactly what we found — free, and no payment required.

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What your DeckStack Pass covers

DeckStack Resume

Upload your entire archive of resumes and cover letters. We clear the gaps, overlaps and inconsistencies, and build the one version that becomes your source of truth.

  • Full archive cross-check
  • Gaps, overlaps and inconsistencies resolved
  • Deep linguistic analysis of your writing style

DeckStack Apply

A tailored CV and cover letter per role, written in your voice, grounded in your DeckStack Resume — with an honest fit assessment.

  • CV + cover letter per role, in minutes
  • Grounded in your DeckStack Resume
  • Honest fit call, including “don’t apply”
Questions

Before you send us anything

What files do I need to send?
Any past CVs, cover letters and your LinkedIn profile — the more versions you have, the more we can find. There's no minimum, but a real archive is what makes the diagnosis useful.
Is this a resume-rewriting service?
Not the diagnosis. It doesn't touch your documents — it only tells you what's in them. Rebuilding applications is a separate, optional step that comes after.
Will you invent or exaggerate my experience?
No. Every claim we help you make is grounded in something in your own archive. If we can't verify it, we won't write it — and if something's ambiguous, we ask rather than assume.
What happens to my files afterwards?
They're used only to build your diagnosis, and your application package if you go further. You can ask us to delete your archive at any time.
What if I don't have many prior applications?
The diagnosis works best with a real archive — a handful of applications is enough to start. If you're just beginning your search, it may be less useful to you right now.

Stack the deck with evidence.

Open the app to start your free diagnosis. You’ll see what to share and how it’s handled before uploading anything.

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