What surprised me: The hard part isn’t parsing CVs or extracting skills. It’s deciding who is “good enough” to put in front of a client when you have 30–50 CVs.
Most ATSs stop at keyword matching. Recruiters still end up manually reading and justifying shortlists.
So I built a small tool that: - Takes a job description - Scores candidates against it - Produces a client-ready shortlist with reasoning
This is a real demo (no signup, no paywall): https://shortlisthq.online/demo
I’m not sure yet if this becomes a real business or just a useful experiment. I’d love honest feedback from people who’ve built tools for hiring, recruiting, or decision support.