RiskIQ™ analyses how well your CV aligns with a specific job opportunity before you submit an application.
It provides structured insight into role fit, application risk, and positioning opportunities so you can focus your time on the roles most worth pursuing.
Many professionals spend hours tailoring applications for roles without knowing whether their experience clearly aligns with the position.
Recruiters often review dozens, sometimes hundreds, of CVs for a single role. If the signals in your CV do not align with the job description, your application may be rejected before reaching the interview stage.
Most job applications fail before a human ever reads them.
Recruiters use Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) to filter candidates.
Not sure whether a role is worth applying for?
Start with RiskIQ™ and evaluate your chances before committing time to the application.
RiskIQ™ helps you evaluate that alignment before committing time to the application process.
How RiskIQ™ Works
1 – Paste your CV
Provide your CV and the job description.
2 – Analyse role alignment
RiskIQ evaluates how your experience aligns with the role requirements.
3 – Receive structured insights
Understand application risk and positioning opportunities before applying.
What RiskIQ™ Does
Role Fit
Analyse how well your experience aligns with the role requirements.
Application Risk
Identify weaknesses that could reduce your chances of progressing.
Positioning Insights
Highlight opportunities to strengthen how your experience is presented.
RiskIQ™ Career Analysis:
- Role dissection
- CV-to-job fit analysis
- ATS keyword signals
- Application risk assessment
- Positioning guidance
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Articles
Articles exploring CV strategy, recruiter behaviour, Applicant Tracking Systems, and job search insights.
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About
This site was created by Thom Poole to help professionals better understand how their experience is interpreted during the hiring process.
It combines structured analysis tools with practical career guidance designed to improve how candidates present themselves to recruiters.
Thom is a career strategist, author and visiting professor of marketing.
He developed the DECODE™ methodology used in RiskIQ™ to analyse how well a candidate’s experience aligns with a role before they apply.
He has spent over three decades working with organisations across Europe in marketing, strategy and commercial performance.