What This Workflow Does
Manual job searching is inefficient, time-consuming, and emotionally draining. Professionals spend 10-15 hours weekly scrolling through irrelevant listings, missing opportunities, and struggling to match their skills effectively. This automation transforms that entire process.
The workflow acts as your personal recruitment assistant. Every week, it automatically scans multiple job boards using reliable web scraping, extracts clean job descriptions, analyzes them against your CV using Google Gemini 1.5 Pro AI, and delivers a curated report of best-fit opportunities directly to your inbox. It evaluates skill alignment, experience relevance, domain match, and seniority level to provide intelligent match percentages—filtering out weak options and highlighting meaningful opportunities.
How It Works
1. Automated Job Discovery
The workflow begins by scraping fresh job postings from configured sources. Using reliable scraping tools, it navigates job boards, extracts structured data including titles, descriptions, requirements, and posting dates, and prepares this information for AI analysis—bypassing manual searching entirely.
2. Intelligent CV Matching
Your CV text is analyzed alongside each job description. Google Gemini 1.5 Pro evaluates multiple dimensions: technical skill overlap, experience relevance, industry domain alignment, and seniority compatibility. The AI generates a match percentage for each role, providing data-driven insights beyond simple keyword matching.
3. Curated Report Generation
The system compiles all matched opportunities into a professional weekly report. This includes a summary of your strengths, ranked opportunities with match scores, clear explanations of why each job fits, direct application links, and market insights about skills in demand—delivered straight to your email.
Who This Is For
This automation benefits job seekers at all levels, career changers, recruitment agencies, HR professionals managing talent pipelines, and career coaches supporting clients. It's particularly valuable for technical professionals, executives seeking discreet opportunities, individuals in competitive markets, and anyone wanting to optimize their search with data-driven intelligence.
What You'll Need
- n8n instance (cloud or self-hosted)
- Google Gemini API key for AI matching capabilities
- Decodo or similar scraping service credentials for reliable job data extraction
- Gmail or email service credentials for report delivery
- Your CV in text format for the matching engine
Pro tip: Store your CV in a Google Doc or similar cloud service and connect it directly to the workflow. This allows automatic updates without manual reconfiguration when you refine your resume.
Quick Setup Guide
1. Download the template and import it into your n8n instance. 2. Configure the Decodo scraping node with your API credentials. 3. Add your Google Gemini API key to the AI matching nodes. 4. Input your CV text or connect a document source. 5. Set up the email node with your delivery preferences. 6. Configure the schedule trigger for weekly execution. 7. Test with a single search query before full deployment.
Key Benefits
Save 10-15 hours weekly by eliminating manual job board scrolling and application tracking. The automation handles discovery while you focus on interview preparation and networking.
Never miss opportunities with consistent, unbiased scanning of multiple sources. The system works while you sleep, ensuring you see every relevant posting regardless of timing or platform.
Data-driven matching removes emotional bias and provides objective assessment of fit. The AI evaluates your entire profile against complete job descriptions, not just keywords.
Professional reporting gives you clear, actionable insights each week. Understand your market position, skill gaps, and best opportunities with structured analysis.
Complete customization allows targeting specific industries, locations, seniority levels, or companies. Adjust search parameters as your career goals evolve.