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Getting Started: Uploading Your First Resume

The quickest way to build your identity is to start with a resume. Idynic's AI will extract claims, identify skills, and create the foundation of your professional identity.

How to upload:

  1. Navigate to the Identity page from your dashboard
  2. Click “Upload Resume” or drag and drop your file
  3. Supported formats: PDF, DOCX, TXT
  4. Wait for AI processing (usually 30-60 seconds)
  5. Review extracted claims in the Identity Ledger

Pro tip: Upload multiple versions of your resume if you have them—different roles emphasize different skills, and the AI will capture it all.

What Are Identity Claims?

A claim is a verifiable assertion about your professional identity. It could be a skill (“Python”), an achievement (“Led a team of 5”), or a trait (“Strong communicator”).

Every claim has:

  • Provenance: Where it came from (resume, story, uploaded document)
  • Confidence score: How confident the AI is (based on evidence strength)
  • Tags: Categories for organization (e.g., “Technical,” “Leadership”)
  • Evidence: Supporting context from your documents

Unlike a resume bullet point, claims are living data. As you add more stories and documents, claims get stronger and more contextualized.

Writing Stories That Strengthen Your Identity

Stories are the secret weapon of a strong identity. They provide context, evidence, and narrative that a resume can't capture.

What makes a good story:

  • Be specific: “I built a data pipeline that processed 10M records/day” is better than “I worked on data pipelines”
  • Show problem-solving: What problem were you solving? What was at stake?
  • Include outcomes: What happened because of your work?
  • Be honest: Don't exaggerate. The AI tailors based on what's actually there.

Example:

Bad: “Worked on a migration project.”

Good: “Led the migration of our legacy monolith to microservices. The old system was causing 2-3 outages per month and slowing down feature development. I coordinated with 3 teams, designed the migration strategy, and we completed it in 4 months with zero downtime. Post-migration, we reduced outages by 90% and cut deployment time from 2 hours to 15 minutes.”

When to add a story: Anytime you've done something that demonstrates a skill, solved a hard problem, or learned something valuable. Even failures teach—share those too.

Understanding Confidence Scores

Every claim has a confidence score (0-100%) that represents how much evidence backs it up.

What affects confidence:

  • Multiple sources: If a claim appears in both your resume AND a story, confidence goes up
  • Specificity: Concrete examples boost confidence more than vague statements
  • Recency: Recent work carries slightly more weight
  • Context: Claims tied to outcomes or measurable results score higher

How to improve low confidence scores:

  1. Add a story that demonstrates the skill in action
  2. Upload additional documents (certifications, project write-ups)
  3. Edit the claim to add more specific details (e.g., change “Python” to “Python (Django, Flask, FastAPI)”)

Note: You don't need 100% on everything. A score above 70% is considered strong. Focus on strengthening the claims that matter most for your goals.

Creating and Sharing Solution Profiles

A solution profile is a tailored view of your identity mapped to a specific opportunity. It's like a dynamic resume that shows exactly how your experience aligns with what they're looking for.

How to create:

  1. Go to Opportunities and click “Add Opportunity”
  2. Paste the job description or describe the problem you'd be solving
  3. Wait for AI to analyze and generate a coverage matrix
  4. Review your match score and where you align (or have gaps)
  5. Click “Generate Solution Profile”

Sharing:

Once generated, you can share your solution profile via a secure link. The recipient doesn't need an Idynic account—they can view it directly in their browser.

  1. Click “Share” on any solution profile
  2. Copy the secure share link
  3. Send it via email, LinkedIn, or however you're communicating with the recruiter/hiring manager

Pro tip: You can also export to PDF if they prefer a traditional format. But the interactive share link shows provenance and evidence in a way PDFs can't.

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