The problem
“Everyone ends up in Tinderized job-search hell.”
That's The Atlantic, September 2025, on what hiring has become. Candidates tailor CVs for machines that don't read them. Recruiters rank on scores that don't measure. Everyone plays — nobody wins.
01
11,000/min
applications on LinkedIn · +45% in a year — LinkedIn, 2025
The flood
11,000 applications hit LinkedIn every minute — up 45% in a year. Nobody reads the pile — a machine pulls a handful of them based on keywords, and the rest simply vanish.
02
45%
of applicants use AI to apply — Canva survey
The forced game
Once machines read first, tailoring isn't optional. Nearly half of candidates now use AI to rewrite their CVs for every posting — the same person, re-dressed in the words each filter wants to hear.
03
88%
of employers admit screening rejects qualified people — Harvard Business School
The number is fake
The score on top looks authoritative. Employers know it isn't: 88% admit their own screening software filters out qualified candidates. The gatekeeper of careers doesn't read the file it's judging.
For recruiters
You set the weights. The ranking follows.
Change what matters for this role and watch every candidate re-score and re-rank. Nothing here is pre-recorded.
Section weights
Skills50%
Experience30%
Education20%
Total100%
For candidates
Finally, an answer instead of silence.
Upload once, and Rigel scores you against every open role — then answers what recruiters can't: why you rank where you do, what's strong, and what to work on.
Start on your side of the table.
Recruiters see ranked, explainable matches. Candidates get scored — and finally told why.