Chansen

I applied for 40 jobs last year and got zero replies.

So I built a site that only shows the jobs you can actually apply for. Here’s how it works. 🧵

The problem isn’t a lack of jobs. Sweden’s public job board has 39 000 listings right now.

The problem is that almost all of them require experience. Two years in retail. A driving licence. A forklift certificate. For a part-time shop job.

So every night a script reads every single listing.

If it requires experience, a degree or a licence, it’s out. What’s left are the jobs you can apply for with none of that. Last night that was 1 200.

If you’re under 18, there are also jobs you aren’t legally allowed to do. Night shifts, certain machines, certain industries.

Those are removed too, so you never apply for something you can’t take anyway.

Then there’s help with the part that’s hardest when you’ve never done it.

A CV guide that asks seven questions and writes one. And a button that writes a cover letter from the listing and the strengths you tick.

It’s free, there are no ads, and it will stay that way.

Plain HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Built on open government data, but run by me, not by any agency

chansen.nu

Swedish only for now. UK and Norway prototypes are in the works.