Frequently asked questions

What is Lodestar, exactly? How is it different from a job board or an auto-apply tool?

Lodestar is an AI job-search agent — think of it as a headhunter that's yours alone. A job board shows you everything and leaves all the work to you; the "auto-apply" tools do the opposite, blasting your résumé at hundreds of roles and hoping something sticks. Lodestar is neither. Each morning it finds the few roles genuinely worth your time, prepares a tailored application for the ones you choose, and connects you to a verified human contact — all grounded in your real experience, all under your control. Precision over volume, with a real person on the other end.

How does Lodestar find and rank jobs for me?

When you join, you give Lodestar your résumé and a sense of what you're after. From then on it reads new postings against your actual profile and surfaces only the handful that genuinely fit — not a feed of hundreds. Each match comes with a plain-English explanation of why it fits, and a score you can see the reasoning behind, broken into parts rather than a mystery number. You're never left guessing why something made your list.

Will Lodestar exaggerate or invent things on my résumé and applications?

No — and that's deliberate. Your résumé is the single source of truth for everything Lodestar writes. It tailors your experience to each role, but it will never invent a title, a metric, or a date to make you look better. If your record can't support a claim, Lodestar says so rather than making something up. Your credibility is the entire point of a serious search, and we won't put it at risk.

Does Lodestar apply to jobs for me automatically?

Never without you. Lodestar does the preparation — finding roles, drafting the application, locating the contact — but nothing is sent, submitted, or shared unless you decide it should be. Every application lands as a draft for you to review, edit, and send yourself. Lodestar points the way; you're the one who steers. That's a line we hold on purpose.

Is my résumé and my search private?

Yes. Your résumé, your preferences, and everything you do in Lodestar are yours — private to your account, stored securely, and never sold or shared. A job search is personal, and often quiet: plenty of people look while they're still employed. Lodestar is built to be discreet, so your search stays between you and Lodestar until you choose to reach out.

What does joining the waitlist involve?

Just your name and email — it takes seconds and it's free. Joining puts you first in line for early access when Lodestar opens, ahead of the public. There's a free tier to start, so you can try it without a card, and waitlist members get a real say in where the product goes. No obligation and no spam — just a note the moment early access is ready.

Still have questions? We're glad to answer them — reach us any time at info@silverlining.tech.
Lodestar is built for people who take their next move seriously, and we're happy to talk it through.