The method behind the score

Every number this site gives you comes from the same method. It is written down here so you can judge it before you decide how much to trust it.

What it rests on

Getting hired in Europe is not mostly a question of being good enough. It is a question of being legible, and legibility can be measured.

Reorganise

What you already have, so the market can read it. Same experience, made visible. This part is fast, and it is most of the gap.

Upskill

What you genuinely do not have. Language before anything else. This part is slow, which is the reason to start it early rather than when it becomes the thing in the way.


Thresholds, not scores

A score tells you where you stand. A threshold tells you whether you are ready, and only the second one is something you can act on.

So the method sets a bar for each dimension, and you are ready when you clear every bar rather than when the average looks respectable. The dimensions do not trade against each other: being good at the job does not give you the right to work there.

The four gates, in the order they are cleared

  1. Mobility Readinessclears at 4.0Can you legally and practically be there?
  2. Employabilityclears at 4.0Can you get interviews?
  3. European Market Fitclears at 3.5Are you competitive against local candidates?
  4. Professional Capabilityclears at 3.0Can you do the job?

This order, and not score order. Someone with no route to work there is polishing a CV for a job they cannot legally take.

And the lowest gate you have not cleared is the only one that matters this month. The method does not hand you a five-item list.

What it does not do

It measures what a form can reach. A bar you have not cleared is a sequence, not a refusal, and the method never scores something it cannot see.

The method names a fifth gate, whether you can afford to get there and land. The check does not score it, because nothing it asks you can measure that honestly.

That is the whole method. See where you stand against it.