A non-coder built a Claude-powered job matching tool in 2 months

A former hotel executive with no coding background built an AI job matching platform in two months. The idea came from a painful job search in Europe after ten years in hospitality, including running a small Swiss hotel chain with five hotels and about 100 employees. Normal job boards gave poor results because they relied too much on keywords. For example, hospitality operations experience could lead to IT operations jobs just because both used the word “operations.” The tool lets people upload a CV and choose a city. It then looks at the person’s career path, not just matching words, and compares it with about 1 million active job listings across 15 European countries. The matching has two steps: a vector similarity search first narrows the jobs in the chosen city, then Claude checks industry fit, seniority level, and real skill overlap more deeply. In a Berlin search using a hospitality background, the top result was a General Manager role at The Ritz-Carlton Berlin, Marriott International, with an 82% match.

Key points

  • A former hotel CEO with no coding skills built the platform in two months.
  • The product was inspired by weak keyword search on European job boards.
  • Users upload a CV and pick a city to get job matches based on career path.
  • The database covers about 1 million active listings in 15 European countries.
  • A vector similarity search narrows the list, then Claude reviews fit, level, and skill overlap.

Quick term guide

background
Running out of sight while the main app or screen stays focused on something else.
keywords
Words or short phrases used to search for a topic.
vector similarity search
A search method that turns text into numbers and finds items with similar meaning.
Solo makers
People who build and launch their own products or services entirely on their own.
workflow
A repeatable set of steps for getting a task done.
chatbot
A program that talks with people through text.
AI tools
Software that can help create text, code, images, or other work.
database
A large collection of organized data used for search and analysis.
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