Grove
hi, I'm Arber. I made this for myself.

I've never been a one-thing person.

Over my career I've built real skills across a lot of different work. For a while that felt like a problem, like I didn't fit one clean title. Turns out it's the useful part.

So I built Grove to see everything I've actually done and where it fits. A résumé barely scratches the surface.

how Grove sees you
91
Strong fit
for roles you'd have skipped right past.
operator creative systems thinker collaborative fast
↑ the part a résumé hides
here's what it actually does

It starts with recognition.

the part nothing else does

You've done more than you think.

Most tools assume you already know your worth and just help you write it down. Grove works the other way around. It reads what a job is actually asking for and turns it into questions, and experience you'd forgotten starts coming back. Half the time you already qualify. You just couldn't see it yet.

the match
The job wants
Cross-functional leadership
You've already done it
"Led design + eng to launch the referral program."
and once it sees you clearly

It points you somewhere, and tells you the truth.

fit.

Roles you'd actually thrive in.

It matches you on how you work and what you value, the stuff keywords always miss. Including roles you'd never have thought to apply for.

91

"Creative, collaborative, fast. This is your kind of room."

collaborativecreativefast
and, quietly, the honest read.

Whether it's actually working.

Every tracker stores your applications. Grove reads them and names the one move that changes things. It coaches. It doesn't just file.

where it's stalling
Applied 28
Replies 12
Interviews 5
The one lever is your reply rate, not more applications.
why now

A résumé used to be scarce. Now anyone can make one in ten seconds.

So the résumé isn't the valuable thing anymore. The valuable thing is knowing what's actually true and distinct about you, and being able to say it.

Every application faces two gates: a machine that filters for keywords, and a human deciding if you fit. Most people fail one or the other. Grove gets you through both, honestly. Clear the bot with what's real, then carry your whole self to the person.

How the filter reads you
cross-functional launched 5+ yrs SaaS stakeholders Salesforce roadmap B2B shipped
A checklist. Match enough of the words or you're out.
Grove carries you across
How a person reads you

"Someone with range who's led messy launches end to end, and finds the signal when nobody else can."

You are more than a list of keywords. The jobs worth having already know that.

Grove reads for your range and how you'd actually fit, the way a real person hiring would. It looks past the keywords to the person underneath.

who I built it for

People who are more than one thing.

  1. i.

    People with range

    You've done a bit of everything and never fit one title. Grove makes that the strength it always was. No apology required.

  2. ii.

    The quietly qualified

    If a role feels "not quite me," you're usually more ready than you feel. Grove shows the receipts.

  3. iii.

    Career-changers

    Moving into something new? Grove finds the experience that already transfers. The parts of your old life the new one needs.

have a look around

See it for yourself.

It's just a demo running on fictional sample data. Nothing connects to your accounts. Poke at everything.

why I built it

I built it for myself. Really just an experiment that made job hunting fun instead of miserable.

I was deep in my own job search and it was a mess. Applications everywhere, silence coming back, no idea if I was doing something wrong. I've always had range and never fit one title cleanly, so most of the process felt built for someone else.

What changed is that AI finally let me build the things I'd been thinking about for years. Grove is proof of its own point. I had the idea and directed it into something real, without writing a line of code. I built it for myself, with no team and no funding.

It isn't built to scale and it isn't a company. But I think the idea is real. Building things got cheap. The rare part now is taste, judgment, and range. I think that is what people should get hired for, and almost nothing hires for it yet. I built it to show how I think and what I can do with an idea and the right tools. If you want that kind of person on your team, let's talk.

Read the whole story in the journal
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Arber
Arber Velencia · building Grove

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Grove

Grow your career. · Built with range, for people with range. · Runs on fictional sample data.