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Sitemap: https://applystead.com/updates/atom.xml

# Applystead

> Applystead helps people apply to jobs: free AI résumé tailoring and job search tools with no account, and plans that prepare or submit applications, always with the member's go-ahead. Try Premium free for 7 days (card required).

## Product

- [Auto apply to jobs](https://applystead.com/auto-apply): Applystead finds matching jobs on employers' own career sites. Standard prepares up to 200 applications a day that you review and send, and Premium applies automatically with no daily cap on the employer career sites Applystead supports.
- [Tailor your resume to a job](https://applystead.com/tailor-resume): Free AI résumé tailoring: paste a job description and your résumé to rewrite your bullets and skills toward that job, 5 tailoring runs a day with no account.
- [Applystead](https://applystead.com/): Free AI résumé tailoring tools and help applying to jobs.
- [Pricing](https://applystead.com/pricing): The Standard ($200 a month) and Premium ($500 a month) plans and what each includes. Try Premium free for 7 days (card required).
- [Is Applystead legit?](https://applystead.com/is-applystead-legit): Who runs Applystead and how to contact it, exact prices, refund terms, the payment processor, data handling and what it does not do.
- [Apply to jobs for me: human services and software compared](https://applystead.com/apply-to-jobs-for-me): What reverse recruiters, application packs, freelancers and software do when they apply for you, with each provider's prices and what to check before paying.

## Developers and AI assistants

- [Applystead for developers](https://applystead.com/developers): The MCP server for AI agents (job search, and members' own accounts after sign-in), the developer API and the job feeds and embeds.
- [Search jobs in ChatGPT and Claude](https://applystead.com/ai-job-search): Add Applystead's MCP server to ChatGPT or Claude to search open jobs, list a company's jobs and check whether a posting is still open.
- [Applystead MCP server](https://applystead.com/mcp): A remote MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP, JSON-RPC 2.0 over POST) with 42 tools. 3 public job search tools (search_jobs, get_company_jobs, check_job_posting) need no sign-in; the 39 account tools act on a member's own account once they connect it with OAuth 2.1 or an API key (ChatGPT is offered 35 one-action account tools instead). Setup steps for each AI agent: https://applystead.com/developers#agents
- [Developer API (OpenAPI)](https://applystead.com/api/v1/openapi.json): The OpenAPI contract of the Applystead API; members call it with an API key from their workspace.
- [Job feeds and embeds](https://applystead.com/integrations): Free RSS and JSON job feeds for Slack, Discord, Teams and feed readers, and a job list for your website.
- [JSON job feed](https://applystead.com/feeds/jobs.json): The newest jobs as a JSON Feed 1.1 document.

## Free tools

- [Free tools](https://applystead.com/tools): Every free Applystead tool for resumes, cover letters and the job search.
- [ATS resume checker](https://applystead.com/tools/ats-resume-checker): Score your resume from 0 to 100 for what applicant tracking systems and recruiters read, with a fix for each check.
- [Resume keyword checker](https://applystead.com/tools/resume-keyword-checker): See which of a job posting's key terms your resume uses and which it is missing.
- [Free resume tailor](https://applystead.com/tools/resume-tailor): Tailor your resume to a job description with AI, 5 times a day, no account needed.
- [Cover letter generator](https://applystead.com/tools/cover-letter-generator): Write a cover letter of about 300 words from your resume and the job, built from your own facts.
- [LinkedIn headline generator](https://applystead.com/tools/linkedin-headline-generator): Get five LinkedIn headline options and a rewritten About section from your own text.
- [Does this job list its pay?](https://applystead.com/tools/pay-range): Paste a job posting link to see the pay range the employer listed, or the company's salary page when the posting lists none.
- [Find jobs that match your résumé](https://applystead.com/tools/find-jobs-for-my-resume): Paste your résumé to see up to 10 open jobs on employers' own career sites that fit it, with why each one matches.
- [Ghost job checker](https://applystead.com/tools/ghost-job-checker): Spot a ghost job: paste a job posting link to see whether the employer's posting was still open when we last read it, or was taken down.
- [Job application tracker template](https://applystead.com/tools/job-application-tracker-template): A free Excel and Google Sheets tracker with ATS status columns, an internship version and a weekly planner tab. Or download it as CSV.
- [AI resume review](https://applystead.com/tools/ai-resume-review): Get your resume's strengths, the lines to fix and what to add, for the role you want.
- [Career change resume summary generator](https://applystead.com/tools/career-change-resume-summary-generator): Get three resume summaries that connect your past experience to the new field you want.
- [CV personal statement generator](https://applystead.com/tools/cv-personal-statement-generator): Get two CV personal statements for your sector, written only from your own CV.
- [Employment gap calculator](https://applystead.com/tools/employment-gap-calculator): Find the gaps between your jobs and how many months each one lasted.
- [Professional bio generator](https://applystead.com/tools/professional-bio-generator): Get a short, medium and long professional bio in first or third person from your notes.
- [References page template for a resume](https://applystead.com/tools/references-page-template): A clean references page for your resume with your details and up to three professional references in one format.
- [Resume action verb checker](https://applystead.com/tools/resume-action-verb-checker): Find resume lines that open with weak phrases and get stronger action verbs to try.
- [Resume bullet point checker](https://applystead.com/tools/resume-bullet-checker): Check each bullet point for length, opening verb, a number and consistent end punctuation.
- [Resume bullet point generator](https://applystead.com/tools/resume-bullet-point-generator): Turn a list of duties and results into five action-led resume bullet points.
- [Resume bullet rewriter](https://applystead.com/tools/resume-bullet-rewriter): Rewrite weak resume bullets line by line, keeping every fact and number you wrote.
- [Resume buzzword checker](https://applystead.com/tools/resume-buzzword-checker): Find buzzwords like team player and results-driven, and replace them with evidence.
- [Resume date format checker](https://applystead.com/tools/resume-date-format-checker): List the date styles in your resume and flag mixed formats, reversed ranges and missing end dates.
- [Resume gap explanation generator](https://applystead.com/tools/resume-gap-explanation-generator): Explain a gap in your work history with a resume line, a cover letter note and an interview answer.
- [Resume headline generator](https://applystead.com/tools/resume-headline-generator): Get five one-line resume headlines drawn from the experience in your resume.
- [Resume objective generator](https://applystead.com/tools/resume-objective-generator): Get three short resume objectives that name your target role and use only your facts.
- [Resume passive voice checker](https://applystead.com/tools/resume-passive-voice-checker): Mark phrases such as “was given” or “were prepared” so each line says who did the work.
- [Resume pronoun checker](https://applystead.com/tools/resume-pronoun-checker): List the resume lines that use I, me, my, we, our or us, so each can start with a verb.
- [Resume skills section generator](https://applystead.com/tools/resume-skills-section-generator): Sort the skills in your resume into clear groups and see which ones the job asks for.
- [Resume summary generator](https://applystead.com/tools/resume-summary-generator): Get three resume summaries for your target role, written only from the facts in your resume.
- [Resume to plain text converter](https://applystead.com/tools/resume-to-text-converter): Clean resume text for application forms: dash bullets, straight quotes and no hidden characters.
- [Resume word counter](https://applystead.com/tools/resume-word-counter): Count your resume's words, characters and bullet points and estimate how many pages it fills.
- [Years of experience calculator](https://applystead.com/tools/years-of-experience-calculator): Add up your work history in years and months, counting overlapping jobs only once.
- [Career change cover letter generator](https://applystead.com/tools/career-change-cover-letter-generator): A cover letter that explains your career change and links past work to the new role.
- [Cover letter checker](https://applystead.com/tools/cover-letter-checker): Check a cover letter's length, greeting, opening line and reading ease in your browser.
- [Cover letter opening line generator](https://applystead.com/tools/cover-letter-opening-line-generator): Five first sentences for a cover letter, each built around your strongest fact.
- [Entry-level cover letter generator](https://applystead.com/tools/entry-level-cover-letter-generator): A first-job cover letter built from school, volunteering, clubs and other activities.
- [Internship cover letter generator](https://applystead.com/tools/internship-cover-letter-generator): Turn courses, projects and clubs into a cover letter for an internship posting.
- [Letter of interest generator](https://applystead.com/tools/letter-of-interest-generator): Reach out to a company you admire before it posts a job, with a letter from your resume.
- [Motivation letter generator](https://applystead.com/tools/motivation-letter-generator): A motivation letter for a program, fellowship or role, built from your background and goals.
- [Cover letter readability checker](https://applystead.com/tools/readability-checker): Score a cover letter's reading ease and grade level, and find the long sentences worth splitting.
- [Short cover letter generator](https://applystead.com/tools/short-cover-letter-generator): A 120 to 180 word cover letter for email bodies and short application forms.
- [Career goals interview answer generator](https://applystead.com/tools/career-goals-answer-generator): Get two answers to where do you see yourself in 5 years, built on your own goals and the role.
- [Elevator pitch generator](https://applystead.com/tools/elevator-pitch-generator): Get a short and a long elevator pitch that introduce you and the role you want, from your own background.
- [Interview confirmation email template](https://applystead.com/tools/interview-confirmation-email-template): Three short emails to confirm an interview invitation: one each for a phone, video or in-person interview.
- [Interview follow-up email template](https://applystead.com/tools/interview-follow-up-email-template): Three short follow-up emails for after an interview when the employer has gone quiet: polite, checking in and final.
- [Interview question generator](https://applystead.com/tools/interview-question-generator): Get ten likely interview questions for a job from its own description, for the stage you are preparing for.
- [Interview reschedule email template](https://applystead.com/tools/interview-reschedule-email-template): Three polite emails to reschedule an interview: for a clash you cannot move, for illness, or to offer new times.
- [Interview thank you email generator](https://applystead.com/tools/interview-thank-you-email-generator): Get a thank-you email after your interview that recalls what you discussed and why you fit.
- [Questions to ask the interviewer generator](https://applystead.com/tools/questions-to-ask-interviewer-generator): Get ten questions to ask the interviewer, drawn from the job description and fitted to your interview stage.
- [Salary expectations answer generator](https://applystead.com/tools/salary-expectations-answer-generator): Get three ways to answer "What are your salary expectations?" using your own range.
- [STAR method answer generator](https://applystead.com/tools/star-method-answer-generator): Turn your rough notes into a STAR interview answer, written only from the story you tell.
- [Strengths and weaknesses answer generator](https://applystead.com/tools/strengths-and-weaknesses-answer-generator): Get honest answers to what are your strengths and weaknesses, written only from your own examples.
- [Tell me about yourself answer generator](https://applystead.com/tools/tell-me-about-yourself-generator): Get a tell me about yourself answer for your next interview, written only from the facts in your resume.
- [Why do you want to work here answer generator](https://applystead.com/tools/why-do-you-want-to-work-here-answer-generator): Get two answers to why do you want to work here, built from your company notes and your own reasons.
- [Why should we hire you answer generator](https://applystead.com/tools/why-should-we-hire-you-answer-generator): Get a why should we hire you answer that matches your own experience to the job description.
- [Decline job offer email template](https://applystead.com/tools/decline-job-offer-email-template): Three gracious emails to decline a job offer: you accepted another offer, the role is not the right fit, or the pay does not work.
- [Feedback request after rejection template](https://applystead.com/tools/feedback-request-after-rejection-template): Two short emails asking for feedback after a job rejection: one after an interview and one after a final round.
- [Informational interview request email template](https://applystead.com/tools/informational-interview-request-template): Three short emails asking for an informational interview: to a stranger, through a referral, or to a fellow alum.
- [Job application follow-up email](https://applystead.com/tools/job-application-follow-up-email-template): Get a short, polite email to follow up on a job application, with versions for one week, two weeks or a referral.
- [Job offer acceptance email template](https://applystead.com/tools/job-offer-acceptance-email-template): Two emails to accept a job offer: a simple, warm acceptance and one that confirms your start date and salary in writing.
- [Networking follow-up email template](https://applystead.com/tools/networking-follow-up-email-template): Two short follow-up emails for new contacts: one after meeting at an event, one after a coffee chat.
- [Letter of recommendation request email](https://applystead.com/tools/recommendation-letter-request-template): Two short emails asking a professor or a manager to write a letter of recommendation, with the deadline and your key points.
- [Cold email to a recruiter template](https://applystead.com/tools/recruiter-cold-email-template): Two short cold emails to a recruiter: one about a specific open role, one introducing yourself for future openings.
- [Recruiter reply templates](https://applystead.com/tools/recruiter-reply-templates): Three short replies to a recruiter's message: interested, not right now and not interested, all polite and professional.
- [Reference request email template](https://applystead.com/tools/reference-request-email-template): Three short emails asking a former manager, a colleague or a professor to be a reference for a job.
- [Referral request message template](https://applystead.com/tools/referral-request-message-template): Two short messages asking for a job referral: one for a friend or close contact, one for someone you know only a little.
- [Response to job rejection email template](https://applystead.com/tools/rejection-response-email-template): Two short, gracious replies to a job rejection email: one to keep in touch and one to ask about future roles.
- [Resignation letter generator](https://applystead.com/tools/resignation-letter-generator): Fill in a few details and get a polite resignation letter in four versions, from standard to short.
- [Two weeks notice letter generator](https://applystead.com/tools/two-weeks-notice-letter-generator): A formal two weeks notice letter and a short resignation email, both stating your last day and offering a smooth handover.
- [Withdraw application email template](https://applystead.com/tools/withdraw-application-email-template): Three brief emails to withdraw a job application: you accepted another offer, your circumstances changed, or the role is not a fit.
- [Layoff announcement post generator](https://applystead.com/tools/layoff-announcement-post-generator): Write a calm, gracious post about a layoff that thanks your team and says what you want next.
- [LinkedIn About section generator](https://applystead.com/tools/linkedin-about-section-generator): Turn your resume into two first-person drafts for your LinkedIn About section.
- [LinkedIn character counter](https://applystead.com/tools/linkedin-character-counter): Count the characters in a LinkedIn post or connection request note and see how many are left under the limit.
- [LinkedIn connection request templates](https://applystead.com/tools/linkedin-connection-request-templates): Short LinkedIn connection notes for recruiters, alumni, peers and people you met at events, each kept within 200 characters.
- [LinkedIn post generator](https://applystead.com/tools/linkedin-post-generator): Write a natural post about an achievement, a lesson, a job search update or a thank you.
- [LinkedIn recommendation generator](https://applystead.com/tools/linkedin-recommendation-generator): Write a warm, specific recommendation for a colleague from your own notes about their work.
- [New job announcement post generator](https://applystead.com/tools/new-job-announcement-post-generator): Announce your new job on LinkedIn with a short, thankful or detailed post built from your title, company and start date.
- [Open to work post generator](https://applystead.com/tools/open-to-work-post-generator): Write a short open to work post that names the roles you want and the strengths you bring.
- [Personal brand statement generator](https://applystead.com/tools/personal-brand-statement-generator): Get three one-sentence personal brand statements that say what you do and who you help.
- [401(k) match calculator](https://applystead.com/tools/401k-match-calculator): See how much your employer adds to your 401(k) and whether you contribute enough to get the full match.
- [Commute cost calculator](https://applystead.com/tools/commute-cost-calculator): Work out the daily, weekly and yearly cost of your commute and the hours a year you spend on it.
- [Contract to salary calculator](https://applystead.com/tools/contract-to-salary-calculator): Turn an hourly contract rate into yearly income and an equivalent salary after an allowance for benefits.
- [Salary counter offer calculator](https://applystead.com/tools/counter-offer-calculator): Turn a job offer and your chosen increase into a counter-offer figure and a negotiating range.
- [Freelance rate calculator](https://applystead.com/tools/freelance-rate-calculator): Work back from the income you want to the hourly and day rate you need to charge as a freelancer.
- [Hourly to salary calculator](https://applystead.com/tools/hourly-to-salary-calculator): Convert an hourly rate into a yearly salary and every common pay period, based on your own hours and weeks.
- [Job offer comparison calculator](https://applystead.com/tools/job-offer-comparison-calculator): Compare two job offers by total pay, commute and real hourly value, including bonus, equity, match and time off.
- [Overtime pay calculator](https://applystead.com/tools/overtime-pay-calculator): Work out overtime pay at time and a half, double time or another multiplier, plus your total pay for the week.
- [Biweekly paycheck calculator](https://applystead.com/tools/paycheck-calculator): Split a yearly salary into gross pay per paycheck for biweekly, twice-a-month, we