How to spot a fake job posting before it costs you

Job scams took $501 million from Americans in 2024. The patterns are stable and learnable: instant offers, upfront costs, WhatsApp, too-good comp. Here is the checklist, and the resume data that should never ride your applications.

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Core Features

Jobs - Browse source-linked jobs and companies, ranked against your resume when the evidence supports it.
Optimizer - Strengthens your real experience for a specific role, shows every change and its reason, and rejects anything your resume does not support. Cover letters are built from the same facts.
Extension - Fills supported application fields and attaches the right resume, then stops so you review and submit.
Tracker - Keeps each application, interview, follow-up, and outcome connected.
Encrypted Data Vault - AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.3 in transit, per-account isolation. Hosted on Supabase (SOC 2 Type II). Your data is never sold.

Pricing

Free - 3 tailored applications a week. Everything else is included: the job board, daily job-match emails, the tracker, Pathos chat, autofill with AI answers, and voice practice. A tailored application is one optimizer run, a resume and its cover letter. No credit card.
UNTETHERED ($30/month, $10/week, or $80 every 3 months) - unlimited tailored applications.

Why Pathos

A chatbot writes one draft. A spreadsheet tracks but never writes. An ATS scanner gives you a number with no context. Pathos is the system in between: it extracts what each role actually filters for, optimizes truthfully without fabricated metrics, tracks every outcome, and learns what works for you.

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