You enter the employer name and email address, write the message yourself, add structured résumé data, and confirm the send from your own mailbox. ContactVault then sends the message from an applicant-side ContactVault address. Replies return to that ContactVault mailbox and appear in your applicant inbox, which gives you privacy without giving up the practical benefit of faster clarity.

No. ContactVault is applicant-side email infrastructure. We do not operate an employer marketplace, employer dashboard product, recruiting broker service, or marketing platform.

No. Employers see the ContactVault mailbox address used for that conversation. Your personal email address stays hidden unless you choose to reveal it later.

No. Every message is individually written, addressed, and confirmed by the applicant. ContactVault does not run campaigns, mailing lists, prospecting sequences, or employer marketing on anyone’s behalf.

Only temporarily, and only as long as needed for delivery, replies, session access, and abuse prevention. After that, data is deleted according to the retention schedule described in our legal pages.

Messages travel over encrypted channels, your personal email address is not exposed by default, and applicant access uses mailbox-based magic links and signed sessions. ContactVault does not sell or reshare applicant data.

For applicants who want to make first contact without exposing their personal inbox immediately. It is especially useful if you want to save time, reduce stress, and improve the odds of getting a clear response before revealing more personal information.

No. You enter the employer name and email address yourself. The active product is built for applicant-initiated first contact, not for employer onboarding.

Not yet. To maximize privacy, ContactVault currently uses structured résumé fields only. File uploads may be added later with the same guardrails and retention controls.

Each employer email contains four outcome buttons: Interested, Not moving forward, Please apply via our portal, and Role already filled. Each button opens the employer’s own mail client addressed to a dedicated ContactVault reply address tied to that application, so the chosen outcome can be recorded without relying on editable subject or body text. That gives applicants a better chance of receiving usable feedback or at least a clear outcome instead of silence.

No. The structured outcome is locked by the first valid outcome-button reply. Employers can still send an ordinary email reply in the same conversation, but they cannot keep changing the structured outcome classification.