The resume rewrite alone saved me hours. I pasted a rough draft and got back something I was genuinely proud to submit. Interview within a week.
Now on Claude Sonnet 4.5 · Built in Australia
Built for APS selection criteria
and panel interviews.
Resume rewrites, STAR builder, panel simulator, interview coach, career design, and an application tracker — calibrated to APS work-level standards from APS1 to SES3.
One free run of every tool · APS1 → SES3 calibration · Built by a former panel chair
app.roleascent.com/resume
Strategic Policy Officer · Dept. of Foreign Affairs
EL 1 · analysed just now
Before 60After 84Calibrated · EL1
Readiness score
Resume · after rewrite
84
+24
ILS capability alignment92
STAR structure78
Keyword coverage71
Band calibration · EL186
01
Quantify leadership impact
Add team size, budget, and measurable outcome to the "led transformation" bullet.
02
Expand APSC competency
Weave "Achieves results" capability language into your final two roles.
03
Rewrite opening statement
Current opening reads APS5. Target EL1 panels expect strategic framing.
Alex Morgan
Senior Policy Officer — Proposed, EL 1
Opening statement
Policy leader with nine years advising on trade, treaty, and whole-of-government negotiation. Delivers results across ministerial briefings, bilateral negotiations, and cross-agency reform.
Selected achievements
- Led cross-agency team of 14 to deliver the 2025 bilateral trade review, delivered 3 weeks ahead of schedule.
- Briefed Minister on 4 cabinet submissions, all endorsed without revision.
- Designed evidence-capture framework now used by 2 divisions (120+ staff).
ILS capabilities evidenced
Shapes strategic thinking · Achieves results · Cultivates productive working relationships · Exemplifies personal drive and integrity · Communicates with influence
Trusted across
Every industryPrivate · public · gov
Full lifecycleResume → offer, tracked
APS specialistILS-mapped, band-calibrated
Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic's latest
The toolkit
One app, six integrated tools.
Everything you need to move from stuck to hired — tightly integrated, calibrated to your target band, and priced in AUD.
01 · Feature
ATS scoring + rewrite, in one run.
Paste your resume and the job ad. Role Ascent scores alignment to the role's competencies, rewrites for impact, and flags exactly what still needs work.
- Before / after ATS score out of 100
- Keyword & competency coverage analysis
- Quantified impact framing suggestions
- DOCX output, or paste straight into PageUp
app.roleascent.com/resume
Strategic Policy Officer · Dept. of Foreign Affairs
EL 1 · analysed just now
Before 60After 84Calibrated · EL1
Readiness score
Resume · after rewrite
84
+24
ILS capability alignment92
STAR structure78
Keyword coverage71
Band calibration · EL186
01
Quantify leadership impact
Add team size, budget, and measurable outcome to the "led transformation" bullet.
02
Expand APSC competency
Weave "Achieves results" capability language into your final two roles.
03
Rewrite opening statement
Current opening reads APS5. Target EL1 panels expect strategic framing.
Alex Morgan
Senior Policy Officer — Proposed, EL 1
Opening statement
Policy leader with nine years advising on trade, treaty, and whole-of-government negotiation. Delivers results across ministerial briefings, bilateral negotiations, and cross-agency reform.
Selected achievements
- Led cross-agency team of 14 to deliver the 2025 bilateral trade review, delivered 3 weeks ahead of schedule.
- Briefed Minister on 4 cabinet submissions, all endorsed without revision.
- Designed evidence-capture framework now used by 2 divisions (120+ staff).
ILS capabilities evidenced
Shapes strategic thinking · Achieves results · Cultivates productive working relationships · Exemplifies personal drive and integrity · Communicates with influence
02 · Feature
Rough notes in, polished stories out.
Describe a situation in your own words. Role Ascent structures it into Situation / Task / Action / Result — calibrated to your target band and ready to submit.
- Band-calibrated: APS1 → SES3
- Mapped to ILS capabilities automatically
- Inline specificity & impact scoring
- Library grows with every application
app.roleascent.com/star
Cross-agency data sharing
STAR story · calibrated to EL 1
ILS · Cultivates relationships
1Your rough notes
“Had to get two depts to agree on data sharing. Ran some workshops. It worked out.”
2Target role · EL 1 · DFAT
Band expectations
Reframe at strategic/leadership level. Evidence: scale, complexity, stakeholder calibre.3Rewritten · STAR structure
S — Situation
Cross-agency data-sharing program at risk — two departments refused to align schemas.T — Task
As lead, I needed to land a shared schema within six weeks to meet cabinet-imposed deadlines.A — Action
I convened a working group of four technical leads, ran three schema-alignment workshops, and escalated blockers to ELT.R — Result
Schema signed off in week five; data-sharing live in week eight; cited in Minister's monthly report.Structure 92 · Specificity 88 · Impact 94
03 · Feature
A real panel, before the real panel.
Three simulated panellists — chair, director, HR — running a structured interview against your actual role criteria. Live STAR scoring, full transcript, and a per-panellist debrief.
- Multi-panellist real-time interaction
- Live STAR structure & impact scoring
- Full transcript with moment-by-moment notes
- Post-session debrief scored by panellist
app.roleascent.com/simulator
Panel simulation · EL 1 · DFAT
3 panellists · live STAR scoring
MC
Margaret Chen
Panel Chair · SES 1
DP
David Park
Director · EL 2
PS
Priya Sharma
HR Representative
Live scoring
StructureStrong
SpecificityNeeds detail
Impact framingPending
Live transcript● 00:04:12
Margaret Chen · Chair
Tell us about a time you influenced a decision without authority. Take your time — we're looking for specificity.
YOU · candidate
Last year I was tasked with aligning two departments on a shared data schema — neither reported to me…
David Park · Director
Can you quantify the outcome? How many staff, what timeline?
Plus three more
Everything else you need to close the role.
Interview Coach
Rehearse the questions your panel will ask. Written feedback on structure, specificity, and impact so you walk in knowing what lands.
Candidate +
Career Design
Know which roles you're ready for. Gap assessment, a 90-day evidence plan, and a readiness score by band.
Gov Pro +
Application Tracker
Every application from bookmarked to offer. Status, interview dates, outcomes, and notes in one organised view.
All paid plans
Try every tool freeFree trial of every tool · no card required
Government specialist
The deepest APS expertise built into an AI tool.
Generic AI tools don't know what “Achieves results” looks like at EL1 versus EL2. Role Ascent does — because the founder has sat on those panels.
“I'd been stuck at APS6 for three years. Role Ascent identified I was writing at the wrong band entirely. Two rewrites later, I had an EL1 offer.”
Tom B. — now EL1, Dept. of Finance
01
ILS capability framework
Every rewrite, STAR story, and question mapped to the Integrated Leadership System — the framework APS panels score against.
02
Band-level calibration
Language, evidence weight, and leadership framing adjust for your target band — APS1 through SES Band 3.
03
PageUp-ready formatting
Structured for direct paste into PageUp and other government applicant tracking systems.
04
APSC selection criteria
Prompts built around APSC selection documentation — the same guidance panels use when scoring.
05
State government coverage
Victorian, NSW, Queensland, WA, and SA public service capability frameworks alongside APS.
06
Authentic panel simulation
Multi-panellist mocks reflect how APS panels actually run — structured questions and per-panellist debriefs.
How it works
Three steps, zero learning curve.
Step 01
Paste your resume and the job ad
Plain text, no formatting required. Works for any role in any industry — private, public, or government.
Step 02
Scored, then rewritten
Role Ascent scores ATS alignment, rewrites for the role, surfaces your strongest STAR examples, and flags exactly what to improve.
Step 03
Download, submit, track
Get a DOCX ready to submit — or paste straight into the portal. Track outcomes in your application tracker.
Try every tool freeSet up in under two minutes · no card required
What candidates say
Applications written here land real offers.
The ILS alignment scoring is genuinely useful. I finally understood why my applications weren't getting through — I was writing at the wrong capability level entirely.
The interview coach flagged that my answers were too long and not outcome-focused enough. That feedback changed how I prep.
As a coach working across sectors, the bulk processing and white-label DOCX output has replaced my old workflow entirely.
I use the panel simulator before every final-round now. The debrief breakdown by panellist tells you which answers landed.
Two rewrites, one move up. The band-level calibration is what makes this different from every other AI tool I've tried.
Pricing
Pricing that pays for itself on the first interview.
All prices in AUD, GST inclusive. Cancel any time.
Free
$0
Try every tool once · no card
- Resume rewrite + ATS scoring
- STAR builder + cover letter
- LinkedIn profile optimiser
- Pre-interview research brief
- Selection criteria + interview coach
- Panel simulator + career design
- Application tracker (always free)
Applicant
$29/mo
50 analyses / month
- Resume rewrite
- STAR story builder
- LinkedIn optimiser
- Research brief
- Application tracker
- Cover letter output
Most popular
Candidate
$59/mo
100 analyses / month
- Everything in Applicant
- Selection criteria
- Interview coach
- ILS alignment scoring
Gov Pro
$99/mo
150 analyses / month
- Everything in Candidate
- Panel simulator
- Career design (ILS)
- Priority support
For coaching practices
Run a career coaching practice or a small consultancy? Coach plans add a client management workspace, white-label DOCX output, and bulk processing — on top of everything in Gov Pro.
Coach
$149/mo
200 analyses / month
- Everything in Gov Pro
- Client management workspace
- White-label DOCX output
- Coach branding
Coach Pro
$299/mo
500 analyses / month
- Everything in Coach
- Bulk batch (10 at once)
- Higher monthly volume
- Priority coach support
| Compare features | Free | Applicant | Candidate Most popular | Gov Pro | Coach | Coach Pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usage | ||||||
Monthly analyses One analysis = one full resume + any extras | 1 of each tool | 50 / mo | 100 / mo | 150 / mo | 200 / mo | 500 / mo |
Cover letter output | ||||||
Bulk batch (10 at once) Process up to 10 client packets in parallel | ||||||
| Core tools | ||||||
Resume rewrite | ||||||
STAR story builder | ||||||
LinkedIn profile optimiser Headline, About, experience, skills | ||||||
Pre-interview research brief Priorities, culture, prep checklist, panel-Qs | ||||||
Application tracker | ||||||
Selection criteria responses | ||||||
Interview coach | ||||||
Panel simulator | ||||||
Career design 90-day evidence plan, band readiness | ||||||
| APS specialisation | ||||||
ATS / keyword alignment scoring | ||||||
ILS capability mapping | ||||||
Band calibration APS1 → SES3 | ||||||
APSC selection criteria guidance | ||||||
State public-service frameworks VIC, NSW, QLD, WA, SA | ||||||
Authentic multi-panellist simulation | ||||||
| Output & integrations | ||||||
DOCX download | ||||||
PageUp-ready formatting | ||||||
Packet ZIP download Resume + cover + criteria in one go | ||||||
Translate resume to next band | ||||||
| Coach workspace | ||||||
Client management Roster, packets, notes per client | ||||||
White-label DOCX output Replace branding with your own | ||||||
Coach branding Logo, colours, footer signature | ||||||
| Support | ||||||
Email support | ||||||
Priority support SLA-backed response times | ||||||
FAQ
Common questions.
What industries and roles does Role Ascent support?
Any professional role in any industry — tech, finance, healthcare, education, consulting, and more. The AI tailors output to the specific job description you provide. It also has deep specialisation for Australian Government roles (APS and state public services), where it applies framework-specific prompts, band calibration, and government-portal formatting.
How does the resume rewrite actually work?
You paste your existing resume and the job description. Role Ascent runs an ATS alignment analysis — scoring how well your current resume matches the role — then rewrites it to close the gap. You get a before/after ATS score, a rewritten resume, and an optional cover letter, all in one run.
What does the ATS score measure?
Keyword and competency alignment between your resume and the job description. It counts required skills, frameworks, and role-specific terms appearing in your resume, then gives a score out of 100. You see the before score (current resume) and the after score (rewrite).
Is Role Ascent built specifically for the APS?
It's built for all professionals, but has deeper APS specialisation than any other tool. Every APS prompt is built around the Integrated Leadership System (ILS), APSC selection criteria guidance, and band-level expectations. It also covers Victorian, NSW, Queensland, WA, and SA public service frameworks.
Does Role Ascent store my resume data?
Your resume text is sent to Claude (Anthropic's AI) to generate the rewrite, and the result is stored in your account so you can download it later. We don't sell or share your data. You can delete your account and all data at any time.
Can I use it for ongoing coaching clients?
Yes — Coach and Coach Pro plans include a client management workspace, bulk batch processing (up to 10 at once on Coach Pro), and white-label DOCX output with your own branding.
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