Wassim Abid 
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The workflow JSON
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"content": "## 1\ufe0f\u20e3 Scrape LinkedIn Jobs\nScrapes LinkedIn job listings via Apify.\n**Setup:** Add your Apify API key and customize LinkedIn search URLs with your keywords and location."
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"value": "=# Master Career Profile: [YOUR NAME]\n\n**Location:** [Your City, Country]\n**Target Roles:** [Your Target Role 1], [Your Target Role 2], [Your Target Role 3]\n**Unique Value Proposition:** [One sentence describing what makes you unique as a candidate]\n\n---\n\n## Section 1: Professional Identity and Future Goals\n* **Current Identity:** [Your current professional title/identity]\n* **Background:** [Brief background - education, location, key focus areas]\n* **Career Objective:** [2-3 sentences about your career goals and the types of projects/companies you want to work for]\n\n---\n\n## Section 2: Professional Experience and Impact\n\n### [Job Title] | [Company Name] | [Location] | [Start Date] \u2013 [End Date]\n* [Key responsibility or achievement 1]\n* [Key responsibility or achievement 2]\n* [Key responsibility or achievement 3]\n\n### [Job Title] | [Company Name] | [Location] | [Start Date] \u2013 [End Date]\n* [Key responsibility or achievement 1]\n* [Key responsibility or achievement 2]\n\n---\n\n## Section 3: Technical Skills\n* **Core Skills:** [Skill 1, Skill 2, Skill 3, ...]\n* **Tools & Platforms:** [Tool 1, Tool 2, Tool 3, ...]\n* **Languages:** [Programming or spoken languages]\n\n---\n\n## Section 4: Education\n* **[Degree]** | [University] | [Year]\n\n---\n\n## Section 5: Key Strengths & Soft Skills\n* [Strength 1]\n* [Strength 2]\n* [Strength 3]\n\n---\n\n## INSTRUCTIONS FOR THIS TEMPLATE:\nFill in ALL sections above with YOUR real information. The AI nodes (GateKeeper, Job Match Scorer, Create Resume) reference this profile to evaluate jobs and generate tailored resumes. The more detailed and accurate your profile, the better the results."
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"text": "=You are a cynical, strict Technical Recruiter. Your job is to REJECT 90% of applicants to save time. \nI will give you a \"Candidate Profile\" and a \"Job Description\". \n\n**Your Default Answer is NO.** Only say YES if the job is a strong match for the candidate's profile.\n\n**Candidate Profile:**\n- **Core Identity:** [CUSTOMIZE: Describe your professional identity in one line]\n- **The \"Sweet Spot\":** [CUSTOMIZE: What combination of skills makes a job perfect for you?]\n- **Experience Level:** [CUSTOMIZE: e.g., Mid-Level (1-3 years)]\n- **Location:** [CUSTOMIZE: Your city/country (or Remote)]\n- **Languages:** [CUSTOMIZE: Your working languages]\n\n**Automatic REJECT Criteria (Kill List):**\n1. [CUSTOMIZE: Rejection rule 1 - e.g., Pure web dev roles with no hardware context]\n2. [CUSTOMIZE: Rejection rule 2 - e.g., Pure manual labor with no programming]\n3. **Seniority Mismatch:** Reject roles requiring significantly more/less experience than you have. Reject Internships.\n4. **Wrong Location:** Reject if outside your target region (unless fully remote).\n5. [CUSTOMIZE: Rejection rule 3 - e.g., Wrong tech stack]\n\n**Job Description:**\n{{ $json.job_description }}\n\n**Evaluation Logic:**\n1. Does this job match your core skills and identity? -> If YES, +50 points.\n2. Is the location acceptable? -> If YES, +20 points.\n3. Is the experience level right? -> If YES, +20 points.\n4. Are there \"Kill List\" keywords present? -> If YES, Score = 0.\n\n**Output JSON ONLY:**\n{\n \"match\": boolean, // true ONLY if score > 70\n \"score\": number, // 0-100\n \"reason\": \"Short, blunt reason. E.g., 'Rejected: Pure electrician role, no software' or 'Accepted: Perfect match'.\"\n}",
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1152
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{
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{
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},
{
"text": "{{experience_1.bullets}}",
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},
{
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{
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{
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{
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},
{
"text": "{{experience_3.title}}",
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},
{
"text": "{{experience_3.company}}",
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},
{
"text": "{{experience_3.date}}",
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{
"text": "{{experience_3.bullets}}",
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{
"text": "{{skills_tech}}",
"action": "replaceAll",
"matchCase": true,
"replaceText": "={{ $('Create Resume ').item.json.output[0].content[0].text.resume.skills_tech }}"
},
{
"text": "{{skills_industry}}",
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"matchCase": true,
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},
{
"text": "{{skills_soft}}",
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"mode": "id",
"value": "YOUR_FILEID"
},
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"googleDriveOAuth2Api": {
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},
{
"text": "{{body_text}}",
"action": "replaceAll",
"matchCase": true,
"replaceText": "={{ $('Create Resume ').item.json.output[0].content[0].text.cover_letter.body_text }}"
},
{
"text": "{{date}}",
"action": "replaceAll",
"matchCase": true,
"replaceText": "={{$now.format('dd-MM-yyyy')}}"
},
{
"text": "{{companyName}}",
"action": "replaceAll",
"replaceText": "={{ $('Get Job Description').item.json.companyName }}"
}
]
},
"operation": "update",
"documentURL": "={{ $('Make a Copy of EN CL').item.json.id }}"
},
"credentials": {
"googleDocsOAuth2Api": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 2
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{
"id": "317f97b8-df05-46e6-a782-e9ec3830e861",
"name": "Make a Copy of DE Resume",
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"position": [
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"parameters": {
"name": "=Lebenslauf_{{ $('Get Job Description').item.json.companyName }}_{{ $('Get Job Description').item.json.row_number }}",
"fileId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "id",
"value": "YOUR_FILEID"
},
"options": {},
"operation": "copy"
},
"credentials": {
"googleDriveOAuth2Api": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 3
},
{
"id": "e753e291-94d4-4d31-9d8b-28829d431dbd",
"name": "Update all Lebenslauf Variables",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleDocs",
"position": [
2304,
1248
],
"parameters": {
"actionsUi": {
"actionFields": [
{
"text": "{{summary}}",
"action": "replaceAll",
"matchCase": true,
"replaceText": "={{ $('Create Resume ').item.json.output[0].content[0].text.resume.summary }}"
},
{
"text": "{{experience_1.title}}",
"action": "replaceAll",
"matchCase": true,
"replaceText": "={{ $('Create Resume ').item.json.output[0].content[0].text.resume.experience_1.title }}"
},
{
"text": "{{experience_1.company}}",
"action": "replaceAll",
"matchCase": true,
"replaceText": "={{ $('Create Resume ').item.json.output[0].content[0].text.resume.experience_1.company }}"
},
{
"text": "{{experience_1.date}}",
"action": "replaceAll",
"matchCase": true,
"replaceText": "={{ $('Create Resume ').item.json.output[0].content[0].text.resume.experience_1.date }}"
},
{
"text": "{{experience_1.bullets}}",
"action": "re
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googleDocsOAuth2ApigoogleDriveOAuth2ApigoogleSheetsOAuth2ApigoogleSheetsTriggerOAuth2ApihttpQueryAuthopenAiApiopenRouterApitelegramApi
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About this workflow
Job seekers who want to automate their entire job search pipeline — from discovering new listings to generating tailored resumes and cover letters — without manually browsing LinkedIn every day.
Source: https://n8n.io/workflows/14037/ — original creator credit. Request a take-down →
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