The job hunt is broken — and it isn’t your fault.
Hiring runs on pedigree and keywords. The work you are proudest of never gets read.
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You apply into a void
Hundreds of applications, mostly silence. The effort flows one way and is rarely even acknowledged.
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You’re judged on pedigree
Where you worked and where you studied outrank what you actually built.
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Your resume hides your best work
The thing you’re proudest of ends up as one line under a job title. There’s no shared place for it — every resume buries it somewhere different — so nothing you write can be set beside anyone else’s.
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Recruiter spam, none of it personal
Mass-blasted messages for irrelevant roles — while an open job hunt puts your current one at risk.
A job board, reversed.
Anonymous by default. A company reads what you did first, and only then can it reach you.
- Achievement first
- Every profile leads with proof — the problem, your approach, the honest result — not a role you once held. You’re surfaced for how you think, not for the last tool you touched.
- Anonymous by default
- Initials avatar, country-level location, no name, no photo. Search engines only ever see the anonymous version — private fields simply aren’t in the page for anyone who hasn’t unlocked you. Your identity reveals two ways only: a company unlocks you, or you send a share link yourself.
- No spam, by design
- Companies pay per unlock, so bulk outreach is economically pointless — the cost of reaching you is the filter. The messages you get are few and serious, never blasted templates.
- Your number, upfront
- Set your salary expectation once. Companies are budget-qualified before the first message — no more rounds that die on a mismatch.
- Nothing to name
- Describe the problem, the approach, the result — never the client. Work a resume would just flatten to “Confidential Client Project,” finally presentable. What you can say about it stays your call.
- Built for remote
- Your country and working time zones are the only geography on your profile. Companies filter by overlap, not by office.
- Free forever
- No exceptions. We make money when companies pay to reach you — never from you, and never for browsing.
Three steps. No application.
Write it once. After that it works whether or not you are looking.
The resume is right. Just not for this.
A resume is one document per person, with jobs and schools underneath. Here the unit is a single achievement. Everything below follows from that one swap — down to whether it is for you at all.
- What one entry holds
- The problem, what you did, what changed.
- An employer, a title, dates, a list of duties.
- Whose name is on it
- Nobody’s, until you or a company reveal it.
- Yours, at the top of page one.
- Where the weight comes from
- The scale of what you built.
- The name of the company you built it for.
- What it costs you
- Twenty minutes on one problem you already know well.
- Nothing today. Updated again at every role change.
- What you get for it
- Work that explains itself, and does not date.
- A summary that needs a conversation.
- Who it’s for
- Remote technical specialists, letting proof do the talking.
- Almost everyone, summarising where they have worked.
Yours to send.
When someone asks what you’ve done, a file makes them dig through a job history to find the work. Send this instead — the full, named version of your profile, no account needed on their side. Keep the resume for the application form.
- Send it in first contact
- The intro email, the DM, the “got anything I can look at?” — one link, always current, that opens on the actual work rather than a job history. Nobody needs an account to read it.
- Named, minus your number
- The same proof the board shows, now with your name, photo, and work links attached — the things a company would otherwise pay to unlock. Your salary expectation and email stay private even here.
- Take it back
- Give a link an expiry, or revoke it and it dies instantly. Nothing you send is permanent, and nothing you share is indexed by search engines.
A resume focuses on the title, not the work.
So I built Proud of Work to lead with your best work, not bury it: the problem you solved, how you solved it, and the result — not a bullet list of responsibilities.
Trust shouldn't require blind faith
Here's how it actually works.
- Who runs itRafał Ciok — a real person behind Proud of Work, not a faceless brand or a support void.
- Real people, clear examplesEvery example profile carries a “Sample profile” badge. Real members are never dressed up as one.
- Anonymous by defaultYour name and photo are shown only when you share a link or a company unlocks you, and you can hide or delete your profile anytime.
- We don't sell your dataNo ads, and we never sell, rent, or share your personal data with anyone. Your details are yours, full stop.
- Where AI comes inOne AI reads new entries to catch accidental identity leaks — never to train a model.
Questions, answered
If I’m anonymous, how does anyone hire me?
Anonymity is progressive: companies read your full proof (and salary) anonymously, then unlock your name, photo, and links so they can reach you — exactly what the demo above shows. You can also skip the wait and send anyone a share link yourself.
Can my current employer find out I’m here?
You’re anonymous by default — it isn’t a setting you switch on. There’s no name, no photo, only country-level location, and the hidden fields are never even sent to the browser, so visitors and search engines only ever see the anonymous version. Unless your achievements identify you on their own, there’s nothing to find. Share links are the one exception — they exist only when you create one, are never indexed, and you revoke anytime.
What stops recruiters from spamming me?
Companies pay per unlock, so bulk outreach isn’t viable, and your email is never exposed — messaging runs on the platform. Be clear on the trade, though: an unlock reveals who you are — your name and the links you chose — because that’s the point of it. You can hide or delete your profile anytime.
Can I take my profile down, or is it there for good?
You’re never stuck being visible. Take your profile off the Board any time from your settings — it goes immediately, and comes back the moment you make it visible again, with nothing deleted. Or delete your account outright, and you still have 14 days to change your mind. You decide if and when you’re out there.
Are companies actually on the board yet?
The board is public today — anyone, companies included, can read your full proof, no account needed. We onboard companies by hand in early access, with self-serve unlocking and on-platform messaging arriving at launch. Meanwhile your share link reveals your named profile to anyone you choose.
Can I show my profile to someone directly?
Yes — that’s the share link. It opens your full profile with your real name, no account and no unlock needed on their side. Use it for anyone you’d rather not wait to be found by. Your salary expectation and email are never included. Set an expiry, or revoke the link and it stops working immediately.
I’m under NDA — can I still show my work?
Yes — the format is built for it: it never asks for a client or employer name, so most work can be shown without naming anyone. Your NDA stays yours, though — the obligation is to your own employer, client, or business partner, not to us, and passing our anonymity check isn’t permission to publish. When unsure, describe your contribution without detail that identifies them.
I’m not a writer. Is this going to be hard?
A guided form, not a blank page — you cover the problem, your approach, and the result. Budget real time, closer to twenty minutes than two for your first achievement. It earns the time, though: your achievement is the most important thing on your profile — the proof a company judges you on — so the care you put in is what gets you noticed.
Ready to let your work speak?
Build your proof once. Stay anonymous. Be found for what you can actually do.
See how it looks in practice
Browse the board a company sees — every profile anonymous until someone unlocks it.