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JobJam for Chrome — Evaluate, Tailor and Apply

The JobJam Chrome extension brings the jobjam.io workflow to the page where the decision actually happens — the job posting. Click Capture and it pulls the title, company, URL and description from major job boards and applicant tracking systems; sites outside those work when they publish the posting in a standard structured format, and when nothing can be found it says so and lets you paste the description instead. Against a chosen JobJam profile it returns a 0–100 fit score with a verdict and the top gaps, right beside the posting. From the same panel you can prepare the application: an ATS-friendly resume tailored with a conservative, moderate or aggressive strategy (downloadable as PDF) and a cover letter with adjustable tone and length. A My details tab keeps contact details and profile links ready to copy into application forms, and a tracker saves jobs and applied status, synced with the JobJam web tracker. It is deliberately not an auto-applier: it reads a page only when you click Capture, never submits or bulk-applies, and talks to nothing but JobJam — no analytics or tracking. It shares the web app's account and one-time credit pricing.

Own product·plugin·2026

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// hero
JobJam for Chrome — Evaluate, Tailor and Apply
// stack
frontend
Chrome Extension (Manifest V3)Side Panel APITypeScript
backend
JobJam APIAnthropic Claude API
database
Supabase (EU)
tools
Chrome Web StoreStripe
// challenges
  • ▸Job postings live on hundreds of different boards and ATS pages, each with its own markup
  • ▸Switching between a posting and a separate web app to judge fit and tailor documents breaks the flow at exactly the wrong moment
  • ▸A browser extension that reads job pages and handles a resume has to earn trust it doesn't start with
// solutions
  • ▸Capture from major job boards and applicant tracking systems, a fallback to structured posting data elsewhere, and an honest 'no description found' with paste-in as the last resort
  • ▸Side panel beside the posting: fit score, verdict and top gaps first, then one-step preparation of a tailored resume and cover letter
  • ▸Reads a page only on an explicit Capture click, never submits or bulk-applies, and talks only to JobJam with no analytics or tracking
  • ▸One account, one credit balance and one job tracker shared with jobjam.io, so the extension and the web app are the same product
// outcomes — impact3
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Published on the Chrome Web Store (v1.0.5) as part of JobJam

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Fit evaluation, resume tailoring with PDF download, cover letters, form-ready details and a synced tracker in one panel

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Free account with starter credits; extra credits are one-time purchases, no subscription

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