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AI gave every applicant
a perfect resume.
SmartShield shows you which ones really are.

Research every resume in seconds — no ATS integration, no IT tickets, no workflow change. SmartShield rides along inside the browser you already use.

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Jordan M. Reyes

Senior Operations Manager

jreyes-pro@quickmail.cc · (555) 218-0042 · Chicago, IL

Summary

Operations leader with 11 years of experience in supply chain and logistics. Drove $40M in annual cost savings across distribution networks. Led teams of 60+ across three regions.

Experience

Director of Operations · Northbridge Logistics Co.

Chicago, IL · 2019 — 2023

Owned end-to-end operations across 4 distribution centers. Implemented routing optimization saving 12% in fuel costs.

Operations Manager · Atlas Freight Inc.

Chicago, IL · 2016 — 2019

Managed regional fleet operations and warehouse logistics for 14-state territory.

Education

M.B.A., Northwestern University · 2016

B.S. Logistics, Pinewood State College · 2012

SmartShield Findings
62 / 100
Mixed signals · review recommended
Scanned
42s ago
8 findings
● 1 Critical ● 2 High ● 2 Medium ● 1 Info ● 2 Verified
Critical · Identity 78% conf.

Possible match found on a public watchlist

A name match was returned against publicly accessible watchlist data. Likely coincidental given the common name — worth a closer look.

Source · Public watchlist data

High · Employer 91% conf.

Limited verifiable presence for "Northbridge Logistics Co."

No active business records or archived web presence found for the claimed 2019–2023 tenure window.

Source · Public business records · Web archive

High · Public profile 96% conf.

Two-year discrepancy in claimed tenure dates

A publicly visible professional profile lists tenure for "Northbridge Logistics" as 2021–2023, not 2019–2023.

Source · Professional network

Medium · Education 88% conf.

"Pinewood State College" not found in accreditation records

Could be a name change or a regional/abbreviated form. No matching record in the federal accreditation database.

Source · Accreditation registry

Medium · Content 73% conf.

Stylistic markers consistent with AI-assisted drafting

Common with candidates polishing their resumes; not a flag in itself, just noted for context.

Info · Identity 99% conf.

Email domain registered 4 months ago

Recently created personal email; not unusual but noted.

Source · Identity records

Verified · Employer 99% conf.

Atlas Freight Inc. — confirmed active 2016–2019

Business records and archived web presence match the claimed tenure window.

Source · Public business records · Web archive

Verified · Education 100% conf.

Northwestern University — accredited, name match confirmed

Source · Accreditation registry

Findings · for review Export

Why now

Your job used to be
reading resumes.
Now it's auditing them.

Your inbox tells the story. Two hundred applications on a single requisition, and every one of them reads like the candidate of the year. Confident summary. Quantified bullets. Clean formatting. Keywords for days.

The polish is universal now — and it's hiding the candidates actually worth your call from the ones who just had ChatGPT make them sound like they are.

You catch the obvious tells. The dates that don't add up. The job title that's almost-but-not-quite right. But the subtler stuff — the company without a real web presence, the school you've never heard of, the public profile that's surprisingly thin — that takes time on every resume. Time you don't have, on every resume.

SmartShield is the resume reality check that fits inside your existing workflow.

~30s

Per resume

Inline

In your browser

Cited

Every finding

What it does

Surfaces what's findable.
Cites every source.

SmartShield checks the parts of a resume that can be cross-referenced against public information — and tells you exactly what it found, with a source you can open in one click.

Employer research

Searches for business records and public presence for each employer listed, flagging where records couldn't be found during the claimed tenure window.

Credential check

Looks up institutions against accreditation records. Flags diploma mills, unaccredited programs, and schools that don't match what the resume claims.

Public profile cross-reference

Compares titles, employers, and dates on the resume against what the candidate has published about themselves on public professional networks.

Identity & integrity signals

Surfaces material concerns from publicly available information — adverse media, public watchlist matches, and identity inconsistencies worth a closer look.

Step 01

Open any resume

SmartShield activates wherever you read PDFs — your ATS, your inbox, a referral link. No new tools to learn.

Step 02

Run the check

Findings appear in seconds, color-coded by severity and tied to the exact text on the resume they refer to.

Step 03

Make your call

Click any finding to see its source. Confirm or dismiss in seconds. Move on with confidence.

Quick Setup

Works wherever
you read resumes.

SmartShield lives in your browser as a lightweight Chrome extension. No complex IT integrations or server-side setup required — it just works on top of the tools you already use.

ATS Agnostic

Whether you use Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, or a custom system — if you can see a PDF in Chrome, SmartShield can scan it.

Get started in seconds

Installation takes less than a minute. Log in, open a candidate's profile, and the research panel appears instantly.

Scan any source

Not just your ATS — scan resumes from your email inbox, LinkedIn profiles, or PDF files stored on your computer.

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Your ATS DETECTED
Research Overlay ACTIVE
Data Ingestion READY
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Time saved

The thoroughness you want.
In a fraction of the time.

Move the sliders to estimate the research time SmartShield reclaims at your weekly volume. Numbers are estimates — actual results depend on your current process.

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10500
10 min
2 min · quick scan30 min · deep dive
40%
10%100%

Estimated time reclaimed

4.4 hrs / week

28 work days reclaimed per year

Manual today 5.0 hrs / wk
With SmartShield 0.6 hrs / wk

Assumes a 30-second scan per resume. Reclaimed time gets redirected to higher-value work — interviews, calibration, candidate experience.

The fine print, up front

What SmartShield is.
And what it isn't.

SmartShield is

  • · A research-assist tool that surfaces information from publicly available sources.
  • · Designed to make resume review faster and more thorough at the same time.
  • · Transparent about what it found, where it came from, and how confident it is.

SmartShield isn't

  • · A consumer reporting agency. It does not replace pre-employment background checks where required.
  • · A hiring decision-maker. It does not recommend hiring or rejecting candidates, and it does not auto-filter your pipeline.
  • · Infallible. Findings come from public information that may be incomplete or out of date — every one is sourced so you can verify.

Hiring decisions remain entirely with you. SmartShield is intended to support your evaluation — not replace your judgment, your interviews, your reference checks, or any background screening required by law or company policy.

Common questions

What you'll want to know

Different stage, different purpose. Background check services run regulated checks against credit, criminal, and identity databases — typically late in hiring, after consent, and bounded by FCRA and similar laws. SmartShield runs much earlier, during resume review, against publicly available information only. Use it to decide who's worth interviewing; use a proper background check before a hire.

Publicly available sources — the same kinds of records and profiles anyone with internet access could look up themselves. SmartShield queries them comprehensively, presents the results in one place, and links back to each source so you can verify directly. It does not access private databases, paid background-check data, or anything that requires the candidate's consent.

No. SmartShield surfaces findings; you decide what they mean. There is no pass/fail output, no recommendation to hire or reject, and no auto-filtering of candidates from your pipeline. The score and severity labels indicate how much a finding warrants attention — not a verdict on the candidate.

Each finding has a severity (Critical / High / Medium / Info / Verified), a one-line headline, a brief explanation, a confidence score, and a source link. "Verified" findings count too: confirming a school is accredited or that an employer was active is information worth seeing. The corresponding text on the resume is highlighted so you can see exactly what's being referenced.

It will happen. Public information is imperfect — small companies sometimes have no web archive, profiles get outdated, common names produce false matches. Because every finding includes a source link and a confidence score, you can verify in seconds and dismiss anything that doesn't hold up. SmartShield is built to make these checks possible, not to replace your judgment about them.

Yes. SmartShield runs in your browser and activates on any PDF resume — regardless of which ATS, email client, or referral platform it came from. There's nothing for IT to install on the server side. Teams that want findings rendered directly inside their ATS can use the API instead.

Yes — SmartShield is live and available today. Sign up to get access, onboard your team, and start verifying resumes immediately.

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