Phase 1 · Private beta · Built in Montréal

Get hired, free.
Get paid to refer.

Post and get hired for free — judged on your skills, behind a bias firewall. And when you refer someone who's hired, the employer's bounty flows directly to you. We're never in the money path — that's not what we do.

No credit card  ·  No subscription  ·  No agency middleman
$0paid in employer bounties to the people who referred a hire↑ Manera doesn't see a cent
0placements made
0candidates discoverable now

Talent Intel in 30 seconds

From résumé to hired in three steps

No chore-form to fill from scratch. Drop your PDF, edit what's wrong, you're done.

STEP 01

Drop your résumé

Our AI parses your PDF and pre-fills your structured profile across all 5 steps. Edit any field, then submit.

↓ 90 seconds median
STEP 02

Get matched, stay private

Employers see your skills, not your name, photo, or origin. Our bias firewall hides identity until they pay outreach credit to message you.

↑ Bidit-doctrine anti-bias
STEP 03

Refer talent, get paid

Refer someone who gets hired and the employer's referral bounty is paid directly to you, by them. Manera takes nothing — by doctrine, not by accident.

✓ Bounties never pass through Manera

The word-of-mouth flywheel

Refer someone, earn the bounty when they're hired, refer again. Real money paid to referrers = the strongest referral there is.

I referred a former colleague Sunday night. She got messaged Monday, hired Friday. The $3,000 bounty was paid directly to me. Her, a new job; me, the bounty. Free.

— typical placement story (illustrative, pre-launch)

Why it's not LinkedIn / Indeed / Hired

Three structural differences that change the economics for you.

Manera Talent IntelLinkedInIndeedHired
Free for candidates
Refer a hire, you keep the employer's bounty (paid direct)
Bias firewall on by default (name, photo, employer brands hidden)
AI résumé auto-fill (drop PDF, edit, done)~~
Quebec Law 25 + PIPEDA native
Platform takes a cut of your placement(ad revenue)(ad revenue)

Real referrals, real bounties

Pre-launch — these are illustrative stories from the model. Real testimonials replace them as candidates get hired.

Illustrative

I referred a former colleague Sunday night. He was contacted Monday, hired Friday. The $3,000 bounty was paid directly to me by the employer.

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M.D.Senior Backend Engineer · MontrealModeled: $3,000 employer bounty
Illustrative

Referred a designer friend without thinking much of it. Three weeks later she'd been hired and I'd earned $5,000 from the employer's referral program.

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A.K.Product Designer · TorontoModeled: $5,000 employer bounty
Illustrative

A teammate was passively browsing. I referred her; an employer paid to reach out, the role fit, she got hired. The bounty — paid directly to me — was a nice surprise.

S
S.L.Data Engineer · VancouverModeled: $4,500 employer bounty

What could you earn for a referral?

Move the slider — see what employers typically attach in your salary band. Manera doesn't set it. They do.

$120,000
CAD/USD · annual base

At this band, employers typically attach a referral bounty of

$3,000

paid directly to whoever referred the successful hire. Not to the person hired — to the one who referred them.

Informational estimate based on industry-typical employee referral programs. Actual bounties are entirely employer-set per listing. Manera does not guarantee, collect, or distribute any bounty.

Common questions

If something's missing, the Disclaimer has the long version.

Is this really free? What's the catch?
Manera Talent Intel does not charge candidates anything — not for posting, not for matching, not for being hired. We don't pay you either. We make money on the employer side: per-seat subscriptions, per-listing premium, AI scoring credits, outreach messaging credits. Your reward for posting is getting hired, free and fair. The referral bounty goes to whoever referred the hire — paid directly by the employer. We're never in that money path.
Where does the bounty money come from?
From the employer. Many companies already have internal employee-referral programs (NBC pays $3,000 for a successful referral; tech companies often pay $5,000–$15,000+). When an employer posts on Manera Talent Intel and attaches their referral bounty to the listing, the bounty is theirs to set, theirs to pay, and theirs to route — directly to whoever referred the successful hire. Manera displays the bounty as part of the listing but does not collect, escrow, or remit any portion.
Why is my contact info hidden by default?
Because we charge employers per outreach (one credit = one message). This means: (a) no spam — only employers serious enough to pay actually message you; (b) your inbox stays clean; (c) the bias firewall hides your name, photo, and origin until contact is unlocked, so employers evaluate skills first.
Is this an employment agency / placement agency?
No. We're an information and matching platform — same legal posture as Indeed, LinkedIn, AngelList Talent. We do not place candidates, do not represent candidates, do not collect contingent fees, do not custody bounty money, and do not act as an employer of record. The full firewall is in the Disclaimer.
What if I'm not actively job hunting?
The "Refer Me" consent toggle is opt-in passive mode. Stay listed without anyone bothering you. When the right match appears (based on your structured profile + AI scoring), an employer pays outreach credit to message you — you decide whether to engage. Turn it off any time.
Quebec / Canada — am I covered by privacy law?
Yes. Manera is incorporated in Québec. Talent Intel is built native to Loi 25 (Quebec Privacy Act) and PIPEDA (federal). Your data stays in Canada. EU/UK candidate data uses Standard Contractual Clauses. You have the full slate of GDPR-equivalent rights: access, rectification, erasure, portability, objection, withdraw consent. See Privacy.
What does Manera do with my résumé?
We parse it (using AI) to pre-fill your structured profile fields. The structured profile is what employers see; the original PDF is stored privately for HR-record purposes if you proceed to a hire. We do not train any third-party AI model on your data, do not sell personal data, and do not share data across employers. You can delete your record any time at [email protected] with response within 30 days.
Can I be hired through Manera if I'm outside Quebec?
Yes. Manera is incorporated in Québec but the platform is global. Employers can post listings from any jurisdiction and attach bounties in any currency. We support CAD, USD, and EUR natively. Compliance is between the employer and the candidate's actual residence; we're the matching layer.

Get listed.
Stay private. Get paid when hired.

Drop your résumé, edit a few fields, you're done. The next employer searching for someone like you finds you — on your terms.

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