Land your next job faster.

Getting in front of decision-makers shouldn't take 200 cold applications and a prayer.

We use LinkedIn Sales Navigator to surface internal openings and unlisted roles that never get publicly posted. Then we find the actual hiring managers for the roles you want, reach out on your behalf, tailor your resume, and apply for you. You just show up for interviews.

Career Representation™

Direct outreach Hiring managers
Networking On your behalf
Account Manager Dedicated
Interview support Included
Model Done-for-you
Cut of your salary 0%

We guarantee the execution — flat fee, decision-maker outreach every week, on your behalf. You show up for interviews. We do everything else.

50-80%

Final-Round Interview Rate

Reach a final-round interview within 1-3 months.*

60-80

Hours Saved

Dedicated to your search each month.

*Measures the share of clients who reach a final-round interview — not job placement. That rate rises the longer clients stay engaged, reaching 95% over a full 6-month engagement. We've run hundreds of job searches.

Reverse recruiting in the news

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One thing worth knowing: some reverse recruiting services ask for your LinkedIn or email password to work "as you." We don't. We act as your authorized representative and identify ourselves as such to every recruiter and hiring manager we contact — never your login credentials, never pretending to be you.

You're not the problem. The system is.

Let's be real — job searching right now is soul-crushing. You tailor each resume. You rewrite the same cover letter. You refresh your inbox hoping for literally anything. And most of the time? Nothing.

You don't have 80 hours a month to fight algorithms. We do.

It takes 60-80 hours a month to apply properly. If you have a job, you can't do this. If you don't, you burn out. We do it for you, every week.

Applying alone means doing five jobs at once. We take four off your plate.

Solo, you're finding the decision-maker, tailoring the pitch, sending the outreach, following up, and tracking every response — all yourself. We handle all of that as your authorized representative, so the only job left on your plate is the interview itself.

75% of resumes? Never seen by a human. We fix that.

Our ATS optimization and direct outreach ensure you bypass the digital trash can and land in front of a real person.

The Hidden Cost of "Waiting"

Every month you spend searching manually is a month of lost income. See exactly what your DIY approach is costing you.

Frustrated professional at desk
  • Lost salary from delayed placement
  • Hours wasted on scrolling LinkedIn
  • Missed internal opportunities
How It Works

From your first application to your offer

We don't coach. We do the work you hate. Here are the six stages, start to finish, with who handles each and roughly when.

Live Execution Dashboard Preview

Your Live Execution Dashboard: every application, email, and recruiter reply, as it happens.

01
Within 24 hours

Apply and get reviewed

You create your free SBM profile and apply. Our Opportunity Sourcing Team reads every application and decides whether it's a good fit before any work starts. On business days, you'll hear back within 24 hours.

02
Week 1

Get set up

We kick things off with a call, then sort your target roles into job buckets and build one strong resume for each. Your LinkedIn gets reworked to position you as the person companies should be chasing. We also set up your job-search email, your Slack channel, and your Live Execution Dashboard.

03
50+ a week

Start applying

Your Execution Rep applies to roles in your job buckets, every week. Each application, email, and recruiter reply shows up on your dashboard as it happens, so you always know where things stand. We aim to apply within an hour of a role going live, and applications are screen-recorded so we can check quality.

04
From Week 2

Reach the right people

Using LinkedIn Sales Navigator, we find the actual hiring manager and reach out to them directly. Found a role yourself? Send it over. We'll contact up to five hiring managers or recruiters at that company, starting with people who share your school, a past employer, or your military background. Your first-degree connections never get a message, and you can block any company or person.

05
Often within 2–3 weeks

Interviews

When a call gets booked, you get Interview Support, including prep before the call and mock and behavioral practice. Your part is simple: answer interview requests within 24–48 hours and keep us posted in Slack.

06
Typically 1–3 months

Offers and negotiation

When offers come in, we help you work through salary negotiation. Most clients land an offer in one to three months, though executive searches can take longer. We guarantee the work, not the outcome.

Request a Call Back

Or call +1 855-645-0500

Timing varies by role, industry, and market. Results vary. We guarantee execution, not employment.

Recruiters Aren't Your Agents. We Are.

"We appreciate the commitment to diversity. The on-the-job support provided to our new hires has been instrumental in ensuring their success."

Justin Hartfield
Justin Hartfield
CEO, Leva Clinic

"The analyst we hired played a key role in an internal investigation. Their attention to detail was impressive, and the mentorship helped them adapt quickly."

Sylvain Piquet
Sylvain Piquet
Head of Engineering, Five Lives

"We were looking for a compliance manager. SBM delivered the perfect candidate. Their on-the-job support helped ensure rapid understanding of our requirements."

Kaelea Cymone
Kaelea Cymone
CSO, Clerkenwell Health
Our Origin

Built by Industry Insiders

We didn't start Career Representation™ by guessing what works. We spent years inside the IT and cybersecurity placement pipelines of one of Silicon Valley's largest tech career accelerators. Operating directly under the founders at Pathrise, we were part of the backend execution network that built pipelines, ran proxy networking, and drove high-level placements.

When the income share agreement model collapsed under its own weight, we saw that the execution was the only part that really mattered, so we left to build SBM. We do the grunt work of applications, outreach, and follow-ups so you can focus on showing up and closing the deal. We're rolling it out to a limited group of clients so every search still gets our full attention.

Our team includes account coordination based in Tokyo and execution based in the US — so every search is run with visibility into both markets.

Pricing

Choose Your Plan

Flat-fee execution. No percentage of your salary, ever.

No sales call required to see a number — our pricing is public. Compare that to competitors who only quote $2,000–$15,000+ after you've booked a call. Here's how we keep it that low.

Free Forever

Passive Hunter

"Create Your Profile & Wait for Matches"
We reach out to you only when we have opportunities that match your profile.

$0

Forever. Not a trial.

No credit card, ever.

  • Free Profile Creation on SBM
  • Provide your LinkedIn URL
  • Upload your current resume
  • Passive opportunity matching
  • Direct notification on match
Most Popular

Active Hunter

"Networking Done for You"
We network with hiring managers for you, even for jobs you've already applied to yourself, and we handle the applications too. You just show up for the interviews.

$99 /month

No Success Fee.

Applications + Networking, Done for You:

  • Active LinkedIn Required
  • Completed SBM Profile Required
  • Tailored Resumes (Per Job Bucket)
  • 50+ Applications / Week
  • Email & Inbox Monitoring (Dedicated Job-Search Email)
  • Live Execution Dashboard (Google Sheet) & Slack
  • Dedicated Account Manager
  • Opportunity Sourcing Team Review & Kickoff Call
  • Mock & Behavioral Interviews
  • Interview Support — prep before the calls we book
  • Salary Negotiation Guidance
  • Direct Outreach to Hiring Managers via LinkedIn Sales Navigator
  • Networking on Your Behalf — for roles we apply to and roles you already applied to yourself, send them over and we'll reach out to up to five hiring managers or recruiters at each company, starting with people who share your school, a past employer, or military service
  • Fast Apply — within an hour of a posting, when possible
  • Applications Screen-Recorded so we can check quality
  • Privacy Controls — block any company or person; no messages to your first-degree connections

We guarantee execution, not employment. Sliding-scale refund available within the first 30 days.

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VIP Tier

Executive Search

"Priority Service for $200K+ Roles"
Private, hands-on representation for professionals going after roles at $200K+ base salary. Built for people with more money than time.

$450 /month

No Success Fee.

Priority service for $200K+ searches:

  • Everything in Active Hunter, plus:
  • For $200K+ Target Roles
  • Active LinkedIn & SBM Profile
  • Choose Up to 4 Target Profiles
  • Tailored Resumes (For Each Profile)
  • 100+ Applications / Week
  • Managed Proxy Networking
  • Digital Footprint Rebuild
  • Comprehensive Mock & Behavioral Prep
  • Expert Salary Negotiation Support
  • Priority Queue
  • Senior Account Manager (Dedicated Point of Contact)
  • Priority Access to the Opportunity Sourcing Team
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Every paid plan includes

Active Hunter and Executive Search

Job-search email

Monitored daily

Live dashboard

Every application, in real time

Slack channel

Your Rep and Strategist

Account Manager

Dedicated to you

Decision-maker outreach

Not ATS black holes

Networking

On your behalf

Interview prep

Before every call

Salary negotiation

When offers land

Screen-recorded applications

So we can check quality

Your block list

Any company or person

Connections left alone

No messages to first-degree contacts

Fast apply

Within 1 hour of posting, when possible

The Team Behind Your Search

A dedicated execution pod, not a single freelancer.

Account Manager

Coordinates every stage

Your main contact

Execution Rep

Applications, outreach, follow-ups

Strategist

Targeting and positioning

Opportunity Sourcing

Maps your target roles first

Interview Prep

Readies you for each call

Executive Search adds a senior Account Manager and priority access to Opportunity Sourcing

Why SBM Costs Less Than Other Reverse Recruiting Services

Job buckets

One strong resume per cluster of roles, so volume never costs you tailoring.

Two-market team

Account coordination in Tokyo, execution in the US.

Live dashboard

See everything yourself. No status-call overhead.

Flat fee

No cut of your salary. No success fee.

Built Across Two Markets

Tokyo

Account coordination

United States

Execution

We've watched hiring decisions get made on both sides of the Pacific, and we use that view to position candidates in a market that wasn't built for them.

Not sure which plan fits?

Have a question before getting started? Give us a call and we'll walk you through the options and help you figure out what makes sense for your search.

Call SkillBasedMatching: +1 855-645-0500

Optional add-on: Career Insurance™, so you never start from scratch again. Learn more →

Looking for roles between the USA and Japan? See our cross-border career service →

Invite-Only

We Review Every Application, Personally.

Career Representation™ isn't self-serve — every application gets a real, human look from our Opportunity Sourcing Team before your search begins. If we don't think it's a mutual fit, you're not just refunded and forgotten: we'll still give you honest feedback and pass your resume along to our network. And you'll get 100% of your payment back, no questions asked.

01

You request access

Create your free SBM profile and complete checkout to submit your application.

02

We personally review it

Our team evaluates your profile and fit before any work begins — within 24 hours on business days.

03

You're in — or we still help

Accepted, your execution pod starts. Not a fit, you get feedback, a resume referral, and 100% back.

Frequently Asked Questions

Timeline: Can vary a ton depending on what roles are opening up, how many people are applying, and what our partner companies are looking for. It can take anywhere from a few days to a few weeks to lock things in. Hang tight while we work behind the scenes, and we'll keep you in the loop every step of the way! More interviews. Less burnout. That's the goal.

Active Career Representation is more than just finding your next job; it's a commitment to your long-term career growth. We'll help you secure your next role by acting as your execution arm.

Specifically, your program includes:

  • Resume & LinkedIn Optimization: Tailored for Authority Positioning.
  • Dedicated Email & Inbox Monitoring: We provision and watch a dedicated email for you daily.
  • High-Volume Application Execution: 50+ applications per week, fully prepared and queued by us — a quick one-tap approval is all it takes on your end. Volume can flex higher depending on your target market, role availability, and tier.
  • Managed Proxy Networking: Acting as your authorized representative, we perform direct outreach to hiring decision-makers on your behalf — and we identify ourselves as your representation, not as you.

The Active Hunter is our main service, available only to candidates based in the United States. To qualify, you must have an active LinkedIn account and a completed SBM Profile.

It's $99/month, billed monthly for as long as you're active. This covers your onboarding, ATS resume alignment, and your ongoing execution pod, including a dedicated Account Manager. It also covers networking on your behalf: send us roles you've already applied to yourself, and we'll reach out to up to five hiring managers or recruiters at those companies. If our team determines your profile is unplaceable in the current market, or if you fail to engage with our process, we will cancel your representation and refund your most recent payment in full to cut our losses.

Yes. Creating your SBM profile and completing checkout is how you request access — it isn't automatic acceptance. Our Opportunity Sourcing Team personally reviews every application before your execution pod starts, typically within 24 hours on business days. This review happens immediately after checkout, before any applications go out on your behalf.

If we determine we're not the right fit for your search, that's not the end of it — we'll give you honest feedback on your search and pass your resume along to our network, and you get a 100% refund. This is separate from our standard cancellation policy (Q8), which covers pausing or ending an active engagement later; this one covers whether we take you on in the first place.

Most reverse recruiting agencies charge $2,000–$15,000+ because they're built around a percentage of your salary or a heavy one-on-one service model for every single client. We built Career Representation around a repeatable system instead — job bucket targeting, so we group your target roles into clusters and build one strong resume per cluster instead of starting from scratch, a distributed execution team including account coordination based in Tokyo, and a Live Execution Dashboard instead of status-update calls. That's what lets us charge a flat $99/month with no percentage of your salary and no success fee.

We start optimizing your profile in Week 1. By Week 2, we start reaching out to hiring managers. Most clients start seeing interview opportunities within 2-3 weeks of the campaign launching. The typical timeframe to secure a job offer averages between 1 to 3 months, though executive roles may take longer.

50-80% of clients reach a final-round interview within the first one to three months — that rate climbs to 95% for clients who stay engaged over a full 6-month period. That's a final-round interview rate, not a placement guarantee: it measures whether our outreach and positioning get you deep into a real process with decision-makers, which is the part we directly control.

Our approach works because we don't just "apply." Acting as your authorized representative — and identifying ourselves as such — we use Managed Proxy Networking to bypass the black hole of ATS systems and reach decision-makers directly on your behalf.

Guarantees: Let's be upfront: we guarantee execution, not employment. We guarantee we will do the work — 50+ applications per week (100+ for Executive), plus direct outreach to decision-makers. We guarantee your resume and LinkedIn get rebuilt for authority. We guarantee we'll monitor your inbox daily so you never miss a recruiter. But we can't guarantee a job offer or how many interviews it generates — that's up to employers. What we can guarantee is that you won't waste 80 hours a month fighting algorithms alone, and that you'll have a team in your corner doing the work you'd rather not do.

Cancellations: Our service is month-to-month. You can pause or cancel at any time by emailing support. Refunds are available on a sliding scale only within the first 30 days of service.

Absolutely. Request a call back and we'll walk you through which plan fits your search.

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