Features

Muster is designed to improve fit and signal on both sides of a hire. These are workflows, not an AI feature catalogue, and we will be direct about what each one actually changes.

For employers

Structured role requirements: Define a role as structured fields (skills, location/work mode, employment type, compensation range) instead of a free-text job ad. This is what the matching engine reads, so incomplete requirements produce weaker shortlists.
Matched shortlists with fit reasons and gaps: Muster delivers candidates in a matched shortlist, each with an explicit fit explanation and any gaps against your requirements. Assessment results and match reasoning are visible before you unlock; candidate name and contact details are not.
Candidate intent: Every candidate you see has stated whether they're actively looking, open, or paused, so a shortlist reflects who's realistically reachable, not just who once uploaded a CV.
Shortlist review: Review a delivered shortlist's evidence and reasoning as a structured list, not a decorative card wall. You decide whether a batch is worth unlocking before you pay for it.
Assessments and evidence: Assign structured assessments and review objective and free-text results alongside a candidate's profile. Integrity signals (timing, focus loss) are shown as flags for your review, never as automatic rejection.
Shared hiring pipeline: Track every unlocked candidate through one pipeline (under review, assessment, interview, offer, hired or not selected), visible to you and, at the appropriate stage, to the candidate.
Interview and hire tracking: Record interview scheduling metadata and outcomes, then confirm an offer and hire against the same application record. No separate spreadsheet to keep in sync.
Notifications: Get notified when a shortlist is ready, a candidate responds, or an assessment completes. Transactional notifications can't be turned off; marketing updates can.
Commercial state: See exactly what you've paid for: which shortlists are unlocked, whether a retainer is active, and what unlocking your next shortlist will cost. No charge is applied without a visible, confirmed action.

For candidates

One reusable career profile: Build a single structured profile once and reuse it for every match and application, instead of re-entering your background for each employer.
CV upload with review: Upload a CV and Muster proposes a structured profile from it. Nothing becomes part of your profile until you review and confirm it: the parsed CV is a draft, not the record of truth.
Preferences: Set your desired locations, work mode, salary floor, employment type and availability. These are hard filters the matching engine respects, not just informational fields.
Explained job matches: See why a role may fit, and what's missing, instead of a bare match score. You decide whether a partial or unknown fit is worth applying to.
Saved jobs and manual applications: Save roles to consider later, and apply manually with full control over which employers see your application.
Controlled Smart Apply: Optionally let Muster apply on your behalf, but only within limits you set (role families, locations, salary floor, a weekly cap), and only off by default. You can pause it or withdraw an automatic application at any time.
Assessments: Complete assessments tied to a specific application, with autosave and reconnect support. An assessment credential is optional and never affects matching.
Application stage tracking: Track every application's current stage and full history, including an explicit "No new update" state when an employer hasn't acted yet. Never a silent, unexplained gap.
Notifications: Hear about new matches, stage changes and assessment deadlines as they happen. Marketing messages are opt-in and separate from these.
Optional assessment credential: After completing an assessment, optionally pay a one-time fee to verify and keep the result as a portable credential for future applications. It does not improve your ranking or visibility. It's a record you keep, not an advantage you buy.