Outcomes, not promises.
How we measure a search when a real person runs it — and why we won't quote results we haven't earned yet.
Marqee pairs you with a Career Concierge — a real career expert who finds the right roles, tailors your materials per role, runs recruiter outreach and referral discovery, and submits applications on your behalf. We measure success the way you do: interviews per ten applications, plus offers received and the hours of search time handed back to you. We're a new company, so this page is about how we keep score — we'll publish the numbers as our first cohort grows, with the methodology in the open. No invented data.
Stop applying. Start interviewing. See the method →
Not applications sent. We optimize for the interviews your search actually produces — and we'll publish the real figures as our first cohort grows, with the methodology in the open.
Method note: when we publish results, figures will reflect a defined member cohort (members active 30+ days), be measured against each member's own pre-Marqee baseline where available, and be refreshed quarterly. No invented data, no cherry-picking, no survivorship spin.
We don't count applications fired into the void. We count the things that move a career forward, and we put a person behind every one.
Interviews booked
Offers received
Salary negotiated
Hours of search time returned
Recruiter replies & warm referrals
The metrics that actually decide a search.
Most job-search tools optimize for the number that's easiest to grow, applications sent. We optimize for the numbers that get you hired. Here's exactly what we track and why — and what we're working to move on every search.
| Metric | Why it decides your search | What we optimize for |
|---|---|---|
| Interviews per ten applications | The real bottleneck — getting seen, not applying more. | Push it up |
| Time to first interview | Momentum early keeps a search from stalling. | Shorten it |
| Weekly hours returned to you | Your search runs without consuming your life. | Maximize it |
| Recruiter reply rate | Warm channels convert far better than the portal. | Work the side door |
| Offer-stage salary lift | The negotiation most people leave on the table. | Coach the ask |
| Applications you personally fill out | The point of a concierge: it's done for you. | Zero |
These are the goals we pursue on every search, not figures we're claiming. We'll publish measured results as our first cohort grows (see method note above).
What a Marqee search looks like, week by week.
This is the shape of the work a Career Concierge does on your behalf. It describes the process, not a member's results — we won't dress up a hypothetical as proof. Real outcomes get published as our first cohort grows.
Day one — your goals
You share your target roles, level, and resume. Your dedicated strategist turns that into a plan and a shortlist within 24 hours.
The starting point
Most people arrive from a stalled solo search: a generic resume, applications into the void, no recruiter outreach, and no referral path. That's the gap we close.
Week 1 — targeting & materials
Your strategist defines target roles, rebuilds the resume per-role for ATS, and opens recruiter outreach. Applications begin submitting on your behalf — after you approve them.
Weeks 2–3 — momentum
Tailored submissions plus warm referral discovery work the side door, getting your name in front of the people who actually decide, not buried in a portal.
Weeks 4+ — toward an offer
When interviews land, your strategist preps you on the company and panel, manages the pipeline, and supports the salary conversation at offer stage.
Every week — see it all
You see exactly what we send before it goes out, plus a clear weekly readout of what worked and what changes next. Done for you, never behind your back.
What's actually driving these outcomes.
A person, not a pipeline
People → process → technology. A real expert owns your search and makes every judgment call. Software just lets them move fast; it never decides for you.
Tailored per role
Materials are rebuilt for each application to read as a genuine fit and clear the ATS, the opposite of mass-submitting one generic resume.
Warm channels worked
Recruiter outreach and referral discovery reach the people who actually decide — the routes that convert to interviews, not the portal black hole.
Adjusted on real signal
Every week your strategist reads open rates, replies, and screen-to-interview ratios, then changes targeting and materials. The search compounds.
Honest reporting is the whole point.
Career decisions are high-stakes, so we hold this page to a higher bar than marketing usually does. We're a new company, and we won't invent traction we haven't earned. Here's the deal instead.
- No invented data. You won't find a fabricated success rate or interview count here. We'd rather show an honest "coming soon" than an unverified claim.
- Real humans behind the work. Your search is run by a named Career Concierge — meet the people on our strategists page and read our belief on About.
- Cohort-based when we publish. Future figures will reflect a defined member cohort measured against each member's own baseline, refreshed quarterly — no cherry-picking.
- No guarantees we can't keep. No one can promise an offer — hiring isn't ours to decide. We guarantee the work, every week, and you can cancel anytime.
- How we work, in the open. Our sourcing and review standards live on Editorial standards.
Want the mechanics behind the metrics? See how it works → or compare plans →.
Questions about results.
Interviews and offers — not application counts. A real Career Concierge finds roles, tailors materials per role, runs recruiter outreach, and submits on your behalf, so members spend their time interviewing instead of applying.
Your strategist builds a plan within 24 hours of onboarding and applications begin that week. Most momentum shows in the first two to three weeks, though timelines vary by role, market, and seniority.
Because we're a new company and we won't publish data we haven't earned. Rather than invent a success rate, we show how we keep score and what we optimize for. We'll publish measured results as our first member cohort grows, with the methodology in the open.
By outcomes that matter to your career: interviews booked, offers received, salary negotiated, and hours of search time given back — not by how many applications were blasted out.
Your strategist reviews real signal every week — open rates, recruiter replies, screen-to-interview ratios — and adjusts targeting, materials, and outreach. You can cancel anytime; billing is weekly.
No honest career partner can guarantee an offer, because hiring decisions aren't ours to make. We guarantee the work: a real expert running a tailored, persistent search on your behalf, every week.
Every plan is human-led. Higher tiers add application volume and done-for-you outreach — Basic is $29/week, Pro $49, Executive $99 with up to 100 applications a week — so executives and active searchers move faster.
Spend less time searching.
More time living.
Put your job search on the side of someone who's actually on yours.
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